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China Continues Its Quest For A Credit Ranking System
China Continues Its Quest For A Credit Ranking System
November 30, 2017  |  South East Asia

China is on the hunt for a homegrown alternative to the U.S.-based FICO score credit ranking system as it attempts to keep up with the...

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How Sezzle Wants To Help Millennials Without Sizzling Credit
How Sezzle Wants To Help Millennials Without Sizzling Credit
November 17, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

The average American carries 2.6 credit cards, but averages can be a bit misleading. For example, that figure includes a full 30 percent of Americans who don’t carry...

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Alexa Will Tell You Your Credit Score — For A Fee
Alexa Will Tell You Your Credit Score — For A Fee
November 02, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon wants Alexa to help you with your finances, but the company is going to charge you for it. That’s according to news from MarketWatch, which...

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Affirm Is Ready To Reach Beyond Lending
Affirm Is Ready To Reach Beyond Lending
October 20, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

“Trust me to give you sound [financial] advice,” Max Levchin, founder and CEO of Affirm, said at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ D.Live technology conference...

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Fearful Of Fraud, FICO Wants A Closer Look At Bitcoin Transactions
Fearful Of Fraud, FICO Wants A Closer Look At Bitcoin Transactions
September 26, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Fair Isaac Corporation — better known as FICO — has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a system designed...

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LendingPoint Closed On $500M Credit Facility In August
LendingPoint Closed On $500M Credit Facility In August
September 20, 2017  |  Merchant Innovation

Online lender LendingPoint announced Tuesday (Sept. 19) that it had closed an up to $500 million credit facility on Aug. 22. In a press release,...

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Cyber Security Risk Ratings Debut For US Banks And Enterprises
Cyber Security Risk Ratings Debut For US Banks And Enterprises
June 21, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Roughly two dozen companies in the United States have established a set of ground rules and guiding principles that center on cyber security ratings. Among...

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FICO’s New Fraud Solution Can Detect Compromised Cards Faster
FICO’s New Fraud Solution Can Detect Compromised Cards Faster
June 15, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

FICO has announced the launch of FICO Card Compromise Manager, an anti-fraud solution that proactively detects and prioritizes compromised merchants and data breaches or theft involving...

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Ditching FICO, And Finding Another Path To SME Loans
Ditching FICO, And Finding Another Path To SME Loans
June 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The struggle of small business borrowing is well documented. Indeed, it’s the underlying reason why the alternative SME lending industry exists. But even alt-lenders have...

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