Climbing interest rates are taking their toll on the number of consumers in the market for new home mortgages. Mortgage applications for new homes are...
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...
Short-term lending – specifically, payday loans – have attracted a lot of attention in recent years, from the media and from the regulators. A little...
American Express has announced a partnership with U.K.-based alternative lending platform Ezbob as it continues to broaden its small business financing offerings. In a press...
Mike Cagney first made his name in financial services as the founder and CEO of SoFi, an alternative credit startup that got its start re-refinancing...
About a year ago, the CFPB, which now goes by the BCFP, dropped the final version of its payday lending regulations. This followed a nearly five-year-long process that included debates, discussions and a...
While freelance and self-employment has existed as long as the work has existed, half a decade can make a big difference. Gig workers have gone...
On the whole, it’s been a good year for startups in Africa, according to recent reporting in Quartz. Coming up on the half mark in...
Australia’s alternative finance community has vowed to heighten transparency following criticism over Prospa‘s high interest rates, which caused the FinTech to scrap its initial public...