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More borrowers have been defaulting on their loan payments, which typically results in a repossession.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

AI shopping agents have been defaulting to card-on-file payments, freezing out alternative payment methods like Klarna’s buy now, pay later offering from automated checkout flows, the company says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

At Corinthian schools, students have been defaulting on private loans made directly by Corinthian itself to its own students — so-called institutional loans — at rates exceeding 50 percent.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

The agency itself is upset that some people have been defaulting on their FHA loans, then buying bargain houses at HUD auctions.

From Time Magazine Archive