Urjanet Uses Utility Data to Expand Access to Credit
Urjanet is using utility data to help underwrite loans and widen access to financial services -- and it has more utility ...
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The Facebook Files: Facebook Built a Bot to Prevent Targeting of Credit Ads — and It Failed
PREMIUM - Facebook built a bot called a "classifier" in order to identify credit, housing, and employment ads, in order ...
Lending Startup Upgrade Opens Personal Credit Line, Shares Plan for Mobile App
EXCLUSIVE— Lending startup Upgrade is opening a new personal credit line today, designed to give customers all of the benefits ...
Why Does Alternative Credit Scoring Help Consumers?
EXCLUSIVE— As fintech progresses, consumers are flocking to digital services and products, which all rely on the same thing: data. ...
Equifax’s Credit Locking App is Glitching
Credit reporting service Equifax launched a consumer mobile app yesterday, an app that would allow users to lock credit access ...
Kabbage Expands SMB Credit Line to $250K; Money Will Go to Technology Investments
EXCLUSIVE—Online lender Kabbage has enlarged its small business line of credit, now offering clients lines up to $250,000, the company ...
Petal Card Raises $13M Led by Thiel’s VC Firm
EXCLUSIVE - Petal, the card designed to serve the credit invisible, has raised $13 million in funding that it will ...
Google Searches for ‘Buy Bitcoin With Credit Card’ Spike as Cryptocurrency Nears $10K
The search term “buy bitcoin with credit card” is around a historic peak as the cryptocurrency races towards a $10,000 ...
Set Aside More Cash to Cover Bad Loans, ECB Tells Banks
The European Central Bank is planning to ask banks within the euro zone to up the amount of cash on ...
Wirecard Expands boon app With P2P, ‘micro credit’
Financial technology provider Wirecard will be updating its mobile payment app, boon, with new features including P2P capabilities. Up until ...
