Alternative Financial Services

Trigger Looks To Bring Hedge Fund Tools To Everyday Investors

Trigger Looks To Bring Hedge Fund Tools To Everyday Investors
Trigger Looks To Bring Hedge Fund Tools To Everyday Investors
June 20, 2016  |  Investments

Making it easy for the as-yet-uninitiated investor to jump into the market — or perhaps, more accurately, wade in slowly — has been a focus...

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Facing Tougher Times, Prosper Marketplace Is Making Deep Staff Cuts
Facing Tougher Times, Prosper Marketplace Is Making Deep Staff Cuts
May 04, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

Big cuts are coming to Prosper Marketplace. According to Wall Street Journal reports, the online lender is shedding 28 percent of its staff and rearranging...

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FICO’s New BFFs
FICO’s New BFFs
March 22, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

It was just a few months ago that FICO’s fading and inevitable fall was being widely speculated. Fair Isaac Corporation — the entity behind the FICO score...

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The Problems And Promise Of Postal Banking
The Problems And Promise Of Postal Banking
January 12, 2016  |  Alternative Credit

It is easy to overlook the problem of the unbanked and underbanked in the United States — if for no other reason than it is...

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Mobile-Only Bank NUMBER26 Goes Contactless With MasterCard
Mobile-Only Bank NUMBER26 Goes Contactless With MasterCard
December 18, 2015  |  Alternative Credit

Mobile-only banking startup NUMBER26 announced Thursday (Dec. 17) the launch of a new addition to its contactless payment card offerings. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Banking Without Borders’ Expands In Europe
Banking Without Borders’ Expands In Europe
December 04, 2015  |  Alternative Credit

NUMBER26, the Berlin-based mobile-only banking system, announced yesterday (Dec. 3) that it will bring its banking without borders concept to six more European countries. Get...

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CFPB’s New Congressional Drama
CFPB’s New Congressional Drama
November 03, 2015  |  Alternative Credit

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...

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