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Zapt And On-Demand Platforms Powering Move Now-Pay Later
Zapt And On-Demand Platforms Powering Move Now-Pay Later
April 10, 2019  |  Retail

Some entrepreneurs have no intention of starting a company but find inspiration to take on a new venture when a challenge arises in their daily...

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Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
Data Dive, Milestone Edition: Gig Payments, Affirm And Contactless March On
April 08, 2019  |  Data Dive

For baseball fans, April 8 is a day that lives in semi-infamy, as it is the day 45 years ago in 1974 that Hank Aaron...

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Millennials Tap POS Financing Amid Lack Of Credit Options
Millennials Tap POS Financing Amid Lack Of Credit Options
April 05, 2019  |  Loans

For the younger generation, for cash flow, look beyond four walls. In the latest staff report from the New York Federal Reserve, titled “Trends in Household...

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Affirm Raises $300M In Series F Funding
Affirm Raises $300M In Series F Funding
April 03, 2019  |  Investments

Financial services company Affirm has raised $300 million in a Series F funding round, the company said in a press release. The funding round was...

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Why Hello Kitty Has A Credit File
Why Hello Kitty Has A Credit File
April 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Synthetic ID fraud costs banks $2 billion a year.  The bad guys are so crafty that the credit bureaus are unwitting accomplices to the fraud. ...

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Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
March 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

As we learned last week, purchase financing for Walmart customers is changing. In fact, the change has already begun and will continue to roll out over...

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POS Financing, Etsy And Brexit — The Week In Sizzles And Fizzles
POS Financing, Etsy And Brexit — The Week In Sizzles And Fizzles
March 01, 2019  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Some things are instant hits — smartphones, television and voice-controlled personal assistants are all good examples of technologies that more or less hit the ground...

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Affirm To Power POS Financing For Walmart
Affirm To Power POS Financing For Walmart
February 27, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

FinTech Affirm said Wednesday morning (Feb. 27) that it has linked with retailing giant Walmart to offer Affirm as an alternative to cash and traditional...

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Data Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators
Data Dive, New Releases Edition: Apple, Affirm And U.S. Bank Regulators
January 14, 2019  |  Data Dive

The month of January is considered a mixed bag for movie buffs. While a lot of award hopefuls appear on screens in January, the big push for...

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