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Mobile Applications
Personal Loan Apps Spike In Latest Provider Rankings
Personal loan apps are getting lots of attention during this time of incomprehensible financial doubt. Consumers are downloading and using these apps...
Fintech Investments
LendingTree Invests $80 Million In Millennial-Friendly Investing App Stash
LendingTree has announced a strategic investment of $80 million in banking and investment service Stash, part of the latter’s Series F funding round....
B2B Payments
FinTechs Take A Regional Approach To SMB COVID-19 Relief
With Congress having passed renewed funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), another round of small- to medium-sized business (SMB) coronavirus relief...
Coronavirus
Zillow Suspends Homebuying With Zillow Offers
Possible homebuyers are reportedly expected to delay their purchases and open houses have been called off, as consumers remain in their residences...
Loans
Personal Loan Apps Banking On Features
Unsecured lending is the theme of this week’s PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Personal Loan Apps, which looks at this fascinating space with...
Personnel
Udacity Brings On LendingTree Veteran As New CEO
Udacity has named Gabriel Dalporto its new Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Udacity, Dalporto was at LendingTree, where he served in several...
Debt
LendingTree: US Consumer Debt Approaching $4T
LendingTree said in its debt report for the month of November that based on recent holiday shopping and credit card spending, credit...
Alternative Finances
America’s Expanding Debt Footprint (And What It Really Means)
When the Great Recession kicked off a decade ago, for a brief but memorable time, it seemed as though credit in the...
B2B Payments
LendingTree Looks To Boost Borrowers’ Credit Score With Acquisition
Alternative lender LendingTree is expanding with the acquisition of Ovation Credit Services, the company said Friday (May 11). The marketplace lender, which...
Debt
American Consumer Debt To Hit $4 Trillion By EOY
New data shows that Americans are on pace to accumulate a collective $4 trillion in consumer debt by the end of 2018....
Debt
Small Businesses To Use Tax Savings To Pay Down Debt
Small businesses polled by online lender LendingTree expect to see savings as a result of the tax reform bill signed into law...
Partnerships / Acquisitions
LendingTree Buys Owner Of CompareCards
Online lender LendingTree announced Thursday (Nov. 17) it inked a deal to acquire Iron Horse Holdings, which operates under the name of...
B2B Payments
Q3 2016 (Mostly) Hits The Target
It’s earnings season yet again, and we check in on the performance of some of B2B FinServ’s top players. For the most...
B2B Payments
Finding Some B2B Tech Cheer On Wall Street
Not all is lost for investors. A trio of tech companies, with insight into lending and B2B, posted results that were better...
News
Consumers Out Of Loop About Personal Credit
Online loan marketplace LendingTree’s recent survey shows many credit cardholders in the U.S. are unsure about their financial standing when it comes...
B2B Payments
Q2: OnDeck Disappoints, LendingTree Goes Silent
An increase in traditional lending to SMEs and the impending threat of a regulatory crackdown are generating more skepticism than ever when...
Alternative Finances
Dealstruck’s LendingTree Partnership Helps SMBs Save
Dealstruck announced yesterday (July 28) a partnership with LendingTree to provide more small businesses with quick, custom and cost-effective loan products to help...
Alternative Finances
Turns Out That Most SMBs Don’t Compare Lenders
A new survey from LendingTree shows that a majority of small businesses who apply for loans don’t take time to shop around....
B2B Payments
Alt Lenders Reveal Q1 Numbers
As the ongoing hype continues for alternative lenders, these platforms are going public, giving deeper insight into the financial goings-on within the...