After a few weeks of relative quiet after its latest earnings report, Apple found itself back in headlines this week — for happy, not so happy and surprising reasons. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Americans are often portrayed as a fairly litigious group of people – so much so that the term “lawsuit millionaire” is pretty well-established. Most prominently featured in comedy movies, the “lawsuit millionaire” is typically portrayed as an essentially likable oaf that literally bumbled his way...
The consumer lending startup space, also known as alternative lending, is heating up — and another newcomer in the space has secured some big backing from a big VC name. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
According to official Anjan Mukherjee, the U.S. Treasury Department is in the early phases of an analysis of the online lending industry, sometimes called alt-lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The CFPB found itself in the middle of another brouhaha last week, this time over allegations by a government watchdog group that congressmen who’ve tried to scale back its hold over payday lending must have been paid bribes by payday lenders. Their rationale is that...
After some months of questions surrounding Lending Club’s future on the public markets and what it might mean for other high-profile startups as they enter the IPO orbit, the alternative lending powerhouse has delivered a surprisingly profitable performance in Q3. Get the Full Story Complete...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When long-time homeless advocate and serial entrepreneur Liz Powers first told people about her plan to combine her two passions and build the first online art marketplace for homeless, disabled and otherwise disadvantaged people, people continually congratulated her on founding such a noble charity. Get...
Despite being worth over half-a-trillion dollars annually, remittances are an oddly invisible part of the payments ecosystem to most people — even those who otherwise know it quite well. We all might know that money may make the world go around, but what makes money...
The marijuana entrepreneurs of Colorado will not have a special bank to call their own — unless a federal judge intervenes on their side. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
