Summary: Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast Tom Dziubek speaks with Deron Weston, Principal, U.S. Banking and Securities at Deloitte Consulting, about Deloitte’s recent survey on first-time credit defaulters. Deron explains what constitutes a “first-time defaulter” and discusses several topics relating to them such as major causes of defaulting, the bank’s overall response to the defaulters and the different products banks have been offering them to help them recover their credit rating. Consumerism Commentary Podcast #124 Deloitte’s Survey on First-Time Credit Defaulters: S05E20 / 148 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#wp_mep_46').mediaelementplayer({ m:1 ,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen'] ,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30 }); }); Download – RSS – iTunes Table of contents [00:00] Introduction from Tom Dziubek [00:38] Interview with Deron Weston – [00:50] The people sampled in this survey – [02:29] Defining a first-time defaulter – [03:12] The differences between the two Deloitte surveys – [04:02] The credit groups affected the most – [04:48] Major reasons for people defaulting – [06:09] The connection between unemployment and health care – [07:50] Customer service experiences & relationship with their banks – [11:31] Products being offered by banks to help customers improve their credit rating – [12:40] Poor response to secured credit cards – [14:03] New reports about fewer delinquencies [16:51] End We always welcome feedback from listeners. If you have any comments for this episode or for any other, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, please leave us comments here or email us at podcast at this domain name. Theme music by Mindcube. Podcast 124: First-Time Credit Defaulters is a post from Consumerism Commentary. New to Consumerism Commentary? Start here.
