Alternative Financial Services

What The People Think Of Payday Lending

What The People Think Of Payday Lending
What The People Think Of Payday Lending
April 25, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

A lot has been said and written about payday loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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LendUp’s Focus On The “New Average” Consumer
LendUp’s Focus On The “New Average” Consumer
April 04, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

For a lot of Americans, mainstream financial services represent a menu full of goods that aren’t desirable, aren’t affordable or just aren’t applicable. And this...

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Making The Supply And The Demand Match In Consumer Financing
Making The Supply And The Demand Match In Consumer Financing
January 31, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

Among the biggest challenges to doing something new — particularly in retail — is overcoming the mountain known as “what has already been done.” Because...

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Scoring The Invisible Consumers Is Harder Than It Looks
Scoring The Invisible Consumers Is Harder Than It Looks
January 17, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

When asked, a majority of Americans can still remember what their SAT score was 20 years ago, despite the fact that SAT scores become precisely...

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WU, Saxo, Amex Take Corporate FX Market Share From Big Banks
WU, Saxo, Amex Take Corporate FX Market Share From Big Banks
January 12, 2017  |  B2B Payments

U.K. banks — and large banks everywhere — are losing market share in their corporate clients’ FX needs, new data revealed. Get the Full Story...

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The CFPB’s Uncertain 2017
The CFPB’s Uncertain 2017
January 03, 2017  |  CFPB

If asked in September about what kind of year 2017 was going to be, CFPB officials most likely would have spoken mostly about their ongoing...

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What We Learned About Alternative Finance In 2016
What We Learned About Alternative Finance In 2016
December 27, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

As often happens, the world we leave behind going out of 2016 is very different than the world we imagined 2016 would be going in....

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The Credit Scoring Crunch
The Credit Scoring Crunch
November 15, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

Wanting to make financial services — particularly access to credit — more inclusive is a popular goal and a tricky needle to thread.  The benefits of inclusivity...

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