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CFPB’s Next Target: Subprime Credit Cards

If the topic is consumer protection, alternative financial services or financial inclusion, one thing is certain: At some point or another, the term “subprime borrowers” is going to come up in the conversation.

How to help them, how to protect them from the predations of rapacious lenders and card issuers, how to limit their numbers, how to better educate them about credit scores, how to better predict what they will do when they borrow and how to prevent lending to them from read more…

USPS Shipping Prices increase 9.5%

USPS SHIPPING INCREASE 2016-01-17USPS Shipping Prices will increase an average of 9.5% on Sunday, 1/17/2016

The USPS will increase prices on most of their competitive Shipping Service products on Sunday 1/17/2016. The complete document filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) may be found here. The highlights of the average % increase by product are:
• Priority Mail Express – 15.6%
• Priority Mail – 9.8%
• Parcel Select – 3.1%
• First-Class Package Service – 12.8%
• International Package Services – 3.5% – 21.6%
You may obtain the complete list of new prices on the USPS Postal Explorer website.  Final Shipping Services pricing can be found below:

Copy of Jan 2016 Final Shipping Services Prices 11.20.15-1

2016 Calendars Are Here!

FACEBOOK CALENDAR PITCH BEB TEXAS BEBdataOur award winning, interactive calendars are ready!  If you haven’t already received one, and would like one (or more), click here and we’ll send you yours right away!

The BEB Calendars have a QR Code for each month.  Scan it, and you’ll receive a special message from us throughout the year!  Last year, our calendars were scanned over 1,500 times.  Join in the fun today.  Check out the January QR Code message here.

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