Of the scores of innovations and updates to consumer lending seen and written about over the last decade or so, speed is always offered as a central value proposition. Instead of spending days and weeks gathering paperwork, submitting materials and waiting around for a decision, consumers and businesses...
Petal, the New York-based FinTech that makes a credit card for consumers just starting out, announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) that it raised $30 million in venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Could it be that the CFPB, under new Executive Director Kathy Kraninger, will be moving directly to eliminate the more controversial provisions of its payday lending rule? According to sources cited by American Banker, the CFPB will remove the controversial underwriting rules that would have forced lenders to...
Washington, D.C. is both a rich city and a poor city. Filled with federal workers and contractors, the nation’s capital has a high cost of living: Average monthly rent on an apartment runs about $2,000 and according to some estimates the base annual income needed to “live...
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The conversation about credit in the U.S. has become one of extremes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...
The NY AG is looking into how state courts are a weapon against small business owners, who sign documents that allow merchant cash advance firms to do far more than charge exorbitant rates. Through confessions of judgement, these less than scrupulous lenders can drain bank...
According to the latest Q3 2018 TransUnion’s Industry Insights Report the back half of 2018 has been a good year for sub-prime borrowers looking for access to credit. In the year between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018, sub-prime consumer loan originations grew 28 percent between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018 across the...
On November 14th 2017, the price of bitcoin was a little over $6,500 — a bit more than it is today at $6,300. It might be easy to look at that 5 percent year-on-year price decline and conclude that perhaps the world’s best-known cryptocurrency is getting...
