consumer credit
noun
: credit granted to an individual especially to finance the purchase of consumer goods or to defray personal expenses
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Does the Credit Actually Perform? SoFi’s own numbers suggest consumer credit can: Q1 2025 filings show 90-day personal-loan delinquencies falling from 0.55% to 0.46% year-on-year.
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Revolut is currently still awaiting its consumer credit license, which would enable it to offer credit cards and other services in the U.K.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 July 2025
For a limited time, now through Sep. 17, new Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority, Premier or Plus consumer credit cardmembers can earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 in the first five months from account opening.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 25 July 2025
As ever, competitive pressures continue to weigh on risk managers – with bookings, profitability and loss goals only growing despite an increasingly crowded market of financial institutions, fintechs and BNPL players vying to meet consumer credit needs.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Revolut is currently still awaiting its consumer credit license, which would enable it to offer credit cards and other services in the U.K.
—Ryan Browne, CNBC, 30 July 2025
For a limited time, now through Sep. 17, new Southwest Rapid Rewards Priority, Premier or Plus consumer credit cardmembers can earn 100,000 bonus points after spending $4,000 in the first five months from account opening.
—Ryley Amond, CNBC, 25 July 2025
As ever, competitive pressures continue to weigh on risk managers – with bookings, profitability and loss goals only growing despite an increasingly crowded market of financial institutions, fintechs and BNPL players vying to meet consumer credit needs.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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“Consumer credit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20credit. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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