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Walmart's OnePay angling to be your primary financial app, taking on PayPal, Cash App, etc.
Competition could lower costs but more embedded lending could lead to more debt
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Cash, credit or in-between, you need currency of some kind to make things happen.
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Consumer rage Is boiling over as Americans battle high prices, hidden fees and vanishing customer service
Emails from "Do not reply" don't do much to mollify consumers with a problem
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Clean-energy loans promised savings but some delivered debt, surprises and lawsuits instead
Clean-energy financing helped millions of homeowners install solar panels, energy-efficient windows, roofs and HVAC systems, but consumer complaints continue over misleading sales practices.
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Tariffs still costing consumers — by the category
Dishes and men's shirts up, farm equipment down
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Retail’s tax-refund camouflage starts to wear off
Retailers had a healthy first quarter but fear things may taper off in the spring
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Credit-card debt hits $1.25 trillion as families slip into ‘survival debt’
Brands shrinking sizes, expanding value packs to hang onto customers
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Foreclosures at highest level in six years, mortgage rates stuck at 6.53%, Realtors bailing out
Metros in Florida and Texas saw the largest increases in foreclosure rates
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Savings rate sinks to a 65-year low as hot April inflation, Hormuz truce talks, Costco's fuel windfall and a credit-card crackup converge
American consumers are heading into the weekend caught in an uncomfortable squeeze: prices keep rising, paychecks are not, and the cushion is wearing thin.
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Robinhood lets AI agents trade stocks and make purchases for consumers
Consumer advocates warn the technology could create new fraud, error and overspending risks
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Big-box retailers chase the tariff refund pot
Spring housing market anemic, gas prices could hit $5 nationwide
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How do you build an emergency fund in inflationary times?
It's not easy but it can be done, and now's the time to do it
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Walmart says it has to raise prices, and that customers are tapping out
Both low- and high-income customers are spending more carefully as consumer confidence falls on war news and rising energy costs