{
  "id": 16624621,
  "title": "Subprime Consumers Keep Paying Cards Despite Budget Pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/subprime-consumers-keep-paying-cards-despite-budget-pressure",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:51:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-insights/2026/subprime-consumers-keep-paying-cards-despite-budget-pressure/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Subprime consumers continue paying their credit cards even as many struggle to cover everyday bills. PYMNTS Intelligence’s May report, “Who Is the Subprime Consumer? A Behavioral Profile,” found that 55% of subprime consumers lived paycheck to paycheck with difficulty paying bills in January. The comparable share across all consumers was 24%. The report’s February findings […] The post Subprime…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}