consumer finance

Bread Finance On Why The Early Financing Offer Catches The Conversion Worm
Bread Finance On Why The Early Financing Offer Catches The Conversion Worm
November 09, 2018  |  Retail

Offering financing to consumers can be a tremendous marketing and customer retention tool for retailers that do it right. The trick, Bread Finance CTO and Co-founder Daniel Simon told PYMNTS...

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Will Waiting For Pay Day Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?
Will Waiting For Pay Day Soon Be A Thing Of The Past?
November 09, 2018  |  Faster Payments

While living paycheck to paycheck is often associated with low-salary or part-time workers, the data tells a different story. As it turns out, the white-knuckled...

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Refund App Truebill Snags $5M, Launches ‘Smart Savings’
Refund App Truebill Snags $5M, Launches ‘Smart Savings’
October 03, 2018  |  Investments

Finance app Truebill announced it has raised $5 million in Series A funding and launched a variety of new capabilities. Get the Full Story Complete...

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What Newton’s First Law Has To Do With B2B Payments
What Newton’s First Law Has To Do With B2B Payments
September 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Maybe Isaac Newton — the hopelessly hopeful alchemist who came up with some solid rules of physics — was a genius of business and even...

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China’s X Financial Has A New US IPO And 400M P2P Leads
China’s X Financial Has A New US IPO And 400M P2P Leads
September 20, 2018  |  Loans

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in China is not for the faint of heart — and that’s putting it lightly. Banks offer credit limits to borrowers that...

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Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
August 23, 2018  |  Loans

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...

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Capital Float M&A Signals Step Beyond SMB Finance
Capital Float M&A Signals Step Beyond SMB Finance
August 22, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Alternative small business lending firm Capital Float appears to be deepening its footprint in the personal finance market through the acquisition of Walnut. Reports in The...

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Millennials Bummed Over Social Security Prospects
Millennials Bummed Over Social Security Prospects
August 20, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

A new study shows that millennials are worried about their retirement, especially their chances of ever collecting Social Security (SS). The Transamerica Center for Retirement...

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Cabot Square Capital Sells 321 Crédito
Cabot Square Capital Sells 321 Crédito
July 25, 2018  |  Banking

Cabot Square Capital, a U.K. financial services firm, on Wednesday (July 25) sold its entire stake in 321 Crédito, a Portuguese consumer finance lender, to...

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