Read more delinquency stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/41489/delinquency.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 03:25:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63802/more-americans-falling-behind-on-loans.htmlNick McMaster<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=224515&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331221402' border='0' />Delinquencies on consumer and home-equity loans rose in the first quarter as unemployed Americans struggled to pay their bills, the Wall Street Journal reports. The number of borrowers at least 30 days late on their consumer loans, which include auto loans, rose slightly to 3.23% from the previous quarter....Signs advertising bad-credit auto loans are seen in the windows of a vehicle dealership in Mountain View, Calif., bad grammar and all.http://www.newser.com/story/63802/more-americans-falling-behind-on-loans.htmlTue, 07 Jul 2009 16:21:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62005/credit-card-firms-cut-deals-with-delinquents.htmlMatt Cantor<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=218666&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331222347' border='0' />With countless customers running behind on payments, credit card companies are taking it easy on delinquents, letting them off the hook in exchange for partial repayments, the New York Times reports. The firms began easing up on their previous policies last fall, experts say; now they’re letting frontline workers settle...A customer holds her credit card at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Friday, May 22, 2009. http://www.newser.com/story/62005/credit-card-firms-cut-deals-with-delinquents.htmlTue, 16 Jun 2009 08:25:08 CDT