ABA Data Bank: Credit market conditions expected to weaken in months ahead amid high inflation

ABA announced that its widely used Fraud Contact Directory is now open to international banks, marking a significant expansion of one of the banking industry’s key tools for combating fraud.

The ABA Office of the Chief Economist believes while the index increased in February, the index level has not retraced December and January’s drop, with pending home sales remaining near historically low levels. For banks, subdued turnover is...

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2026 were $733.5 billion, down 0.2% from the previous month, and up 3.2% from January 2025.

Financial institutions are managing larger vendor inventories with leaner teams while confronting emerging risks, such as those presented by artificial intelligence, according to a new report on third-party risk management by the compliance platform provider Ncontracts.

Homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose one point to 38 in March, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

Survey also found that while bank-branded BNPL remains a small fraction of the overall market, customer satisfaction with the offerings grew 59 points from last year.