Underbanked Hot? How’s a cool $89billion?
Four years ago I tried to size the underbanked market. We knew it was lots of people, but weren't sure ...
Tag: Underbanked
Five Subprime Auto Finance Predictions for 2018
This is the third installment on why I think subprime auto lending is about to transform radically. I just returned ...
Auto Lending is the New Payday Lending – and That’s a Good Thing
In my last post, I made the case that the financial product no one talks about - auto finance - ...
Subprime Auto Finance: Hidden Giant
No one who reads my blog will be surprised to learn that 1 in 4 Americans are underbanked. But I ...
MasterCard Partners with Startup EFL — But Doesn’t Take an Equity Stake
MasterCard announced a partnership with alternative scoring startup Entrepreneurial Finance Labs (EFL) earlier this week. The deal did not involve ...
ZestFinance Scores Another $20 Million in Funding
Credit underwriting company ZestFinance has secured $20 million in additional funding from the likes of Peter Thiel, bringing its total ...
Zero Emission, Collaborative Financial Services
What can a zero emission, entirely crowd-navigated road trip teach us about the future of financial services? Friday, I went ...
Rise of the Branchlet
Despite the hyperbole, the future of the bank branch is far from bleak. It’s actually in a rapid state of ...
Susu Sudio: Shared Savings
Finding new ways to spend money you do and don't have makes up the two largest segments in consumer finance: ...
Bluebird Upgrade: Trouble for Brick-and-Mortar Banks, or an Opportunity?
Last week, the banking industry raised an eyebrow as Bluebird rolled out a series of changes for its prepaid cardholders, ...
