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Upgrade is a consumer credit platform that offers access to affordable personal loans and lines of credit with credit monitoring and educational tools that help consumers better understand their credit.
Upgrade’s New Debit Rewards Product Takes New Approach To Mobile Banking
January 14, 2021
There is no shortage of digital-only banks offering a smoother onboarding process, a slick mobile interface and fee waivers in an effort to tempt consumers to leave their traditional bank.
Which, ...On The Agenda: Expert Panel Debates How Consumers Will Get Their Holiday Shopping Groove
November 27, 2020
The holiday shopping season — which normally would be “officially” kicking off as soon as the Thanksgiving dishes are cleared — is going to be quite a bit different than ...Personal Loan Apps Show Resilience In Latest Provider Ranking
October 30, 2020
Maybe it’s a byproduct of that which shall not be named — by which we mean the pandemic — but PYMNTS’ Provider Rankings have been remarkably calm and unwavering throughout ...Upgrade Rewards Cardholders For Paying Down Debt
October 29, 2020
The pandemic has changed all kinds of things about consumers.
They’re more concerned for protecting their health, they’re working remotely, they’ve relocated most of their commerce lives online and on mobile ...Upgrade Card Combines Credit Card Acceptance With Installment Payments Flexibility
October 10, 2019
Twelve years ago, LendingClub Founder Renaud Laplanche built a business to help consumers manage the $800 million in outstanding credit card debt. That product was an unsecured personal loan that ...Instagram Beefs Up Shopping Tools
April 30, 2019
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri rounded up some new features coming to Instagram at the Facebook F8 developer conference on Tuesday (April 30), according to reports.
Mosseri said Instagram is getting ...New, Pricier Smartphones Deter Potential Consumers
October 30, 2018
New data shows that Americans are waiting longer to upgrade their smartphones, with pricier models playing a key factor in the delay.
According to data for the third quarter from HYLA ...Upgrade Is Upgrading The FinTech Lending Experience
August 23, 2018
When Renaud Laplanche launched hist latest lending start up, Upgrade, the venture was both quite similar to and yet quite different from his previous endeavor, LendingClub, the platform that made ...Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
August 23, 2018
When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done through traditional banks, and to ...Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act
July 18, 2017
F. Scott Fitzgerald is often quoted as the source behind the phrase, “there are no second acts in American life.” But as we all know and have witnessed, American lives are full of ...LendingClub's Laplanche Starting New Online Lender
April 7, 2017
LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender online called Upgrade.
According to a ...Uber Unveils Revamped App
November 2, 2016
Business Insider reported that Uber has unveiled a new, more streamlined version of its mobile app.
This version of the ridesharing app attempts to simplify the ride selection process. Instead of ...Stats Prove Older iPhones Reign Supreme
July 12, 2016
Here’s some good news for Apple: Lots of its customers are poised for an upgrade just as the iPhone 7 is expected to hit store shelves this fall.
Piper Jaffray Analyst ...EBay Upgrades Mobile App to Enhance Shopping and Selling Experience
April 25, 2014
The company made the update to enhance customer engagement and add features that would allow user to pick-up orders at local retail stores.