consumer finance

UK’s PayBreak Completes £24.5 Million Funding Round
UK’s PayBreak Completes £24.5 Million Funding Round
June 21, 2017  |  Investments

PayBreak, the U.K. FinTech focused on consumer finance, announced Tuesday (June 20) that it has completed a round of fundraising that resulted in it raising...

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CFPB Requests Retail Credit Cards Offer More Transparent Promotions
CFPB Requests Retail Credit Cards Offer More Transparent Promotions
June 09, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced in a press release that it sent letters to top retail credit card companies encouraging them to use...

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CFPB: Consumer Finance Background Impacts How People Establish Credit Histories
CFPB: Consumer Finance Background Impacts How People Establish Credit Histories
June 08, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a study Wednesday (June 7) that shows the way consumers establish their credit history can differ based on...

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House Committee Threatens CFPB’s Cordray With Contempt Charges
House Committee Threatens CFPB’s Cordray With Contempt Charges
June 08, 2017  |  CFPB

In another salvo lobbed by Congress and, specifically, Republicans toward the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the House Financial Services Committee is, as The American...

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Why Millennials Love Subscriptions
Why Millennials Love Subscriptions
May 11, 2017  |  Vantiv

When it comes to buying subscriptions, there is something of a generation gap emerging — at least when it comes to products, according to the latest...

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Bringing Financing Down To Size
Bringing Financing Down To Size
May 10, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

Merchants and consumers alike have a host of reasons to love financing. Consumers get to purchase more or better than their cash budgets might have...

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What Post-Millennials Like
What Post-Millennials Like
April 27, 2017  |  Retail

Just as marketers started to get the hang of this newfangled “millennial” crowd, the next generation comes along to shake things up with different values,...

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Gen Z Goes Phys-igtal
Gen Z Goes Phys-igtal
April 25, 2017  |  Data Drivers

Think the youngest generation lives to live online? Think again. Generation Z swells with in store shoppers – to the point where 98 percent of...

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ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
April 14, 2017  |  Retail

Resale retail is a rapidly exploding business — particularly if one happens to be in the business of reselling clothes. According to thredUP’s most recent resale...

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