Alternative Finances

Alternative Finances
Ready for ‘Orange is the New Black,’ Bitcoin Edition Episode 2?
January 23, 2015

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Will The Winklevoss Twins Regulated Bitcoin Exchange Give Digital Currency A Boost
January 23, 2015

It has been a rough year for bitcoin so far, and we are less than 30 days in.  While the founder of the Silk Road sits on trial and many wonder if there is a legal application for bitcoin as a currency, the price per...

Taulia Starts 2015 With An Additional $15M In Funding
January 21, 2015

While B2C payments players often snap up most of the headlines, B2B players are often lurking in the background, gaining ground, making moves and quietly innovating away, though often is in a less flashy manner. Taulia is one such quiet payments players that steadily gained...

Date-Backed Lending, Discrimination And The Future Of Financing
January 19, 2015

Lending standards as we understand them today tend to reflect a verdict about our past spending history.  In the future,  lending standards may be more tied to the things we are doing right now. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Razzies, Russia and Raining On The Miners’ Parade
January 16, 2015

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Google, Lending Club Announce Business Financing Partnership
January 16, 2015

One of the top IPOs of 2014 was Lending Club, a peer-to-peer lending service that is disrupting the business of commercial lending. With share prices up over 45 percent since its IPO launch, Lending Club connects individual investors with startup businesses looking to make a...

T-Mobile’s Consumer Tax Filing Bonus
January 15, 2015

In a push to get customer dollars deposited on their pre-paid product, T-Mobile CEO John Legere used Twitter to announce that customers who elect to have their income tax refund directly deposited to their T-Mobile Visa Prepaid Card will get a $20 credit.  The Mobile Money tax...

How Low Can Bitcoin Go?
January 15, 2015

It has not been a great 24 – 48 hours for bitcoin.  Depending on which pricing index one favors, the price of bitcoin has dropped 36 percent in the last two days and 20 – 24 percent in the last 24 hours or so.  According...

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Consumer Advisor And Advocate Found To Be Tied To Payday Lending
January 13, 2015

Howard S. Dvorkin claims to have perosnally counseled at least 40,000 Americans on getting their debt under control in his capacity as the founder and former president of Consolidated Credit Counseling Services Inc.,a nonprofit that reports having helped 5 million Americans get their borrowing under...