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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019
AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019
December 28, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A...

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Sizzle Of The Week: More Inclusive And Expansive Credit Scoring
Sizzle Of The Week: More Inclusive And Expansive Credit Scoring
December 21, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Consumers with thin credit files got something of an early Christmas present this week, care of Experian. The credit rating agency announced the launch of Experian Boost,...

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Experian ‘Boost’ Improves FICO Scores Via Data
Experian ‘Boost’ Improves FICO Scores Via Data
December 19, 2018  |  Financial Inclusion

Experian has announced the launch of Experian Boost, a free online platform that allows consumers to potentially boost their credit scores in an instant. Through...

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Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce
Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce
November 20, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

According to the latest Q3 2018 TransUnion’s Industry Insights Report the back half of 2018 has been a good year for sub-prime borrowers looking for access to credit. In the year...

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Equifax Joins Rivals To Offer SMB Credit Scores On Nav
Equifax Joins Rivals To Offer SMB Credit Scores On Nav
November 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Credit scoring and data company Equifax has joined its top-two rivals on the Nav platform to offer small business (SMB) credit scores. In a press...

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Equifax Offers Free Credit Monitoring — Via Rival Experian
Equifax Offers Free Credit Monitoring — Via Rival Experian
November 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax has extended its free credit monitoring to all Americans affected by last year’s massive data breach, but this time, it’s using a service offered...

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Nav, Clover Pair To Bring Small Firms Their Credit Scores
Nav, Clover Pair To Bring Small Firms Their Credit Scores
October 25, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Credit score and business solutions provider Nav is pairing up with First Data subsidiary Clover to expand small businesses’ access to their credit scores, the...

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FICO To Debut New Credit Scoring System In 2019
FICO To Debut New Credit Scoring System In 2019
October 22, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Fair Isaac, creator of the FICO credit score, will be rolling out a new scoring system in early 2019. According to the Wall Street Journal,...

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Divvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
Divvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
October 17, 2018  |  Real Estate

For much of the early 2010s, there was an emerging piece of conventional wisdom that millennials were on the verge of radically breaking from the...

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