secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC. (BFH)
CIK:        0001101215
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-17T11:31:13+00:00
Accession:  0001101215-26-000076
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Bread Financial July credit metrics improve: net loss rate 6.80% vs 7.63% YoY
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- Net principal loss rate for July 2026 was 6.80%, down from 7.63% in July 2025.
- Delinquency rate (30+ days) fell to 5.35% from 5.82% year-over-year.
- Average credit card and other loans rose 4.9% YoY to $18,449M; end-of-period loans $18,543M.
- Net principal losses were $106M in July 2026 vs $114M in July 2025.
- Delinquent principal balance declined to $876M from $931M a year earlier.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101215/000110121526000076/0001101215-26-000076-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1101215/000110121526000076/bfh-20260817.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001101215-26-000076

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