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Ant Apologizes Over Credit Scoring Snafu

Ant Apologizes Over Credit Scoring Snafu
Ant Apologizes Over Credit Scoring Snafu
January 08, 2018  |  Cross-border Payments

Following an online uproar, Chinese financial giant Ant Financial has apologized for auto-enrolling unsuspecting users of its new shopping profile service in its credit scoring...

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Priming The NearPrime Credit Pump
Priming The NearPrime Credit Pump
November 28, 2017  |  Today In Data

No one is born with an 800 or 400 credit score. As many as 50 million Americans pass through the 600 to 700 score rang...

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Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies
Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies
September 18, 2017  |  Legal & Regulation

Some of the most memorable television commercials of the 1970s and 1980s were those promoting E. F. Hutton’s brokerage services. When its tagline, “When E....

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Affirm Challenges Retailers, FIs To Practice ’Honest Finance‘
Affirm Challenges Retailers, FIs To Practice ’Honest Finance‘
July 21, 2017  |  Alternative Credit

“Finance is pretty broken.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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CFPB Announces Final Judgments Against Four Credit Repair Companies
CFPB Announces Final Judgments Against Four Credit Repair Companies
June 28, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced news on Tuesday (June 27) that it filed two complaints and proposed final judgments against four California-based credit...

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Today In Data: Credit Scores Up, But Bank Confidence Down
Today In Data: Credit Scores Up, But Bank Confidence Down
May 30, 2017  |  News

The Wall Street Journal reported that American consumers are enjoying improved credit scores as unemployment declines, the economy grows and personal bankruptcies from the recession...

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Consumer Credit Scores Hit Record High
Consumer Credit Scores Hit Record High
May 30, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers in the U.S. have seen their credit scores reach record highs in the spring at the same time that the number of Americans who...

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SMB Credit Score Startup, Nav, Raises $13M in VC
SMB Credit Score Startup, Nav, Raises $13M in VC
May 04, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Small business lending platform Nav has topped up its latest equity capital funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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