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Canada Bankcard Industry: A Look Back at Q4 2025 Trends

FICO risk benchmarking data covering roughly 90% of card transactions in Canada reveals a market at an inflection point - improving delinquencies mask structural shifts in payment

Canada Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: Q2 2025  

Credit card insights uncover developing financial pressures affecting many Canadians

Canada Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: Q1 2025

Credit card data reveals many Canadians are struggling to pay off their monthly balances

Canadian Bankcards: Delinquencies on Monoline Cards Are Rising

FICO's Canadian Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends for Q2 2024 show monolines delinquencies have reached pre-COVID levels

Rising Delinquencies in Canada Point to Need for Stress Testing

Canadian cards data for the second quarter of 2023 shows the need for lenders to project unexpected rapid shock to portfolios, staffing, and expenses

Are Student Loan Holders at Risk as Deferments Expire?

Factors driving credit score decreases observed among student loan holders involved behaviors such as delinquency on credit products including bankcards, auto loans, and mortgages

Canada Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: Q4 2022 Update

Ready for a recession? An insider look at bankcard and consumer trends in Canada

Canada Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: Q2 2022 Update

Bank of Canada makes major rate hike and consumer inflation increases; low unemployment rate continues

Canada Bankcard Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2022 Q1 Update

Canada Sees Low Unemployment, But Rising Inflation – How Will This Affect Bankcard Usage?

Conducting Experiments in Credit Management: 4 Best Practices

Experiments in credit management can lead to great gains in profitability and other metrics - here are four guiding principles to boost your success

UK Credit Card Trends for September: Calm Before the Storm?

Monthly report on UK credit card trends shows financial prudence with spending down and percentage of payments to balance up – but will lockdown stashes save the day or fade away?

Simulated FICO Score Impacts from Balance Aggregation due to Mortgage Forbearance

Research shows balance aggregation results in modest impact to FICO® Scores

UK Credit Cards: August Data Reveals Consumer Confidence

August saw a two-year low in consumers paying less than the amount due on cards, although signs of financial pressure can be seen

UK Card Trends: Pandemic Savings Mask Picture of Debt

Our UK Credit Market Report of UK card trends for July 2021 reveals that there was an uplift in missed payment rates, whilst spend on cards marginally fell

The Impact of COVID-19 on Credit Card Payments

Credit card trends for payments and delinquencies show similar patterns in the US, the UK and Canada, though extra savings and government support are masking the pandemic's impact

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