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During online shopping, have you noticed special payment offers that promise to let you “buy now and pay later” popping up in recent years?

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Buy now, pay later could pose a challenge to credit cards’ leading position in US payments. To sustain profitable growth, issuers may need to rethink their products, economics, and value propositions.

This graphic shows how to plan for sufficient retirement savings, and how the U.S. population measures up at each step.

On average, U.S. house prices grew by 18.7% from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022. How has price growth differed by state over various timeframes?

All stores have marketing tactics to get you in the door — stylish mannequins, elaborate display windows, posters screaming about all the discounts you can find inside.

Half of teens polled by Fidelity said investing felt ‘out of reach’

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Using "buy now, pay later" and splitting your payments into smaller amounts across a few months must make it easier to pay, right?  Answer: 42% Questions: Have you seen the "buy now, pay later" options when you buy items online? If yes, have you ever used it? Why or why not?  What are the pros/cons of using this payment option?  Why do you think so many consumers have struggled to make on-time payments with "buy now, pay later?" Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (Acorns):  The share of American adults who’ve used buy-now, pay-later services in 2022 has increased to 43% — a 12 point jump from 2021, according to LendingTree.

/PRNewswire/ -- LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America's leading digital marketplace bank, today released findings...

TARGET-DATE FUNDS are riding a wave of popularity. Morningstar reports that investors placed $170 billion into these funds in 2021, more than double their 2020 inflow. Morningstar also reports that, as of 2019, 58% of all 401(k) participants were invested in a target-date fund. That percentage is likely higher today. It’s clear why the funds have become so popular. They can be an excellent solution for retirement savers who prefer a hands-off approach. To this end,

It’s official: the Bear Market of 2022. The S&P 500 has now fallen 20.9% from its high in early January, the largest decline for the index since March 2020. The question everyone’s asking: what happens next? To answer that, we often look back at history, attempting to find parallels with the past. But even a […]

The Dow divisor is a numerical value that is used to calculate the level of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

For the first time in history, retail investors’ index fund holdings exceed their holdings in actively-managed funds, according to new numbers from Morningstar Direct.

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Money is a powerful tool: it can buy us the things we need, and give us access to experiences we […]

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Every year millions of new students are pumped into the federal loan system while current borrowers struggle to exit it.

Statistics on the level of educational attainment (i.e. high school, bachelor's degree, etc.) broken down by demographics including by race.

Discover the positive effect that education can have on your earning potential and discover what you need to accomplish to attain each level of learning.

We surveyed 1,000 Americans with a university or post-graduate degree, aged 25 and up, to gain a clearer understanding of their current financial situation

"It is far better to be born rich and white than smart and poor in America," reads a recent report from Georgetown University.

Can your Myers–Briggs personality type impact how much you make? See for yourself with this breakdown of average income for all 16 personality types.

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Why the stock market has to go down sometimes.

Robust growth in mortgages has pushed U.S. consumer debt to nearly $16 trillion. Click to gain further insight into the situation.

“Buy now, pay later” may be jeopardizing Gen Z's financial future in just four easy...