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Meet the Credit Insecure: 80M US Consumers Who Lack Reliable Credit Access
Meet the Credit Insecure: 80M US Consumers Who Lack Reliable Credit Access
April 27, 2023  |  Loans

Credit offers consumers the flexibility to buy cars and houses and access college educations, yet data shows that 31% of U.S. consumers — about 80...

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Banks and FinTechs Pivot to Consumer Credit Rehab
Banks and FinTechs Pivot to Consumer Credit Rehab
December 05, 2022  |  Retail

The rise in stretched consumers has seen more banks and FinTechs looking to help them. With weakened consumer buying power, a major theme of 2022,...

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Consumers’ Openness to Payment Options Drives Better Credit Scores
Consumers’ Openness to Payment Options Drives Better Credit Scores
December 05, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Consumers willing to try something new at checkout could boost their credit scores. This at a time when new findings in the report “New Payment Options:...

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Intuit Buys SeedFi to Help Credit Karma Customers Build Credit
Intuit Buys SeedFi to Help Credit Karma Customers Build Credit
December 04, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Global FinTech giant Intuit is looking to bolster its credit building business by acquiring SeedFi. The parent company of TurboTax, QuickBooks and Credit Karma announced...

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Mobile Loans Keep Africa’s Semiformal Economies in Business
Mobile Loans Keep Africa’s Semiformal Economies in Business
November 23, 2022  |  Disbursements

Solopreneurs and micro-businesses are the lifeblood of Africa’s informal and semiformal economies, but when it comes to accessing working capital loans, they are typically underserved...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Experian Offers Renters a ‘Game Changer’
Today in the Connected Economy: Experian Offers Renters a ‘Game Changer’
September 07, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, credit reporting agency Experian has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind tool to help renters boost their credit scores. Plus,...

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FinTechs Use Secured Cards to Fill Consumer Credit Gap
FinTechs Use Secured Cards to Fill Consumer Credit Gap
September 01, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The path toward building a full-service bank in the digital age is a long and winding one. And for the FinTechs endeavoring to do that,...

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SavvyMoney Adds New Client Portal for Bank, Credit Union Partners
SavvyMoney Adds New Client Portal for Bank, Credit Union Partners
August 31, 2022  |  Banking

Integrated credit score solution provider SavvyMoney has launched a new client portal that brings the resources it offers its bank and credit union partners together...

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Thanks to Tools and Trust, Banks Can Now Clear Up BNPL’s ‘Perception Problem’
Thanks to Tools and Trust, Banks Can Now Clear Up BNPL’s ‘Perception Problem’
August 17, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has a bit of a perception problem, Adam Hughes, CEO of Amount, told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster. The conventional wisdom is...

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