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Alternative Finances
Pew Talks Payday Loans
May 24, 2016

These days, payday lending is not a subject that lends itself to much in the way of rational discourse. It does much better at attracting passionate disagreement among partisans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

Alternative Finances
Meet Lending Club’s Largest Shareholder
May 24, 2016

Lending Club – and the alternative lending industry overall – has lost a lot of support in just a few short weeks following the sudden departure of the firm’s CEO, allegations of mismanaged investments and talk by the U.S. Treasury Department about the need for...

Security & Fraud
Google’s New Replacement For The Password? A Trust Score
May 24, 2016

These days, the conventional password is not much beloved by either businesses or consumers. Consumers merely hate having to remember them. This leads them to default to easy-to-remember passwords that they repeat often — for memory’s sake — which leads to why businesses hate them....

Alternative Finances
Online SMB Lending To Benefit From Regulation?
May 24, 2016

Finance and technology connect in ways that speed capital to SMBs and other enterprises, when and where it is needed. That won't change even against a more onerous backdrop, says Bizfi Founder Stephen Sheinbaum, and should make the industry stronger.

Wirecard Supports Curve’s Digital Card Launch
May 24, 2016

Curve’s next-generation digital payments card just got some new support. 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 completing this...

Retail
WA: Outpacing The Store Front Nation
May 24, 2016

While a primary is happening today in Washington State, the news media is mostly focused on looking backward and forward. Backward at the Nevada Democratic Convention — and the various chair-throwing shenanigans that marked the occasion — and forward toward the two national conventions this...

Trulioo Expands Cross-Border ID Verification
May 24, 2016

Trulioo, a provider of global identity verification, announced that its identity verification solution, GlobalGateway, has expanded into four more regions: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

Payment Methods
Have You Tried The Checkout Cleanse?
May 24, 2016

The anonymous hand clicking the mouse in an online transaction may belong to a merchant’s friend or foe. How to tell the difference? BlueSnap and Kount have teamed up to launch The Cleanse Report, which – CEOs Ralph Dangelmaier Brad Wiskirchen say help merchants understand...

B2B Payments
Deloitte Report Flares Tensions Amid Banks, Alt-Lenders
May 24, 2016

The threat that is alternative lending is no more, according to a new report by Deloitte. The firm published a paper on the marketplace lending industry this week following a rocky month for the sector — the sudden exit of Lending Club’s CEO sent stocks tumbling....