installment loans

Upgrade Card Combines Credit Card Acceptance With Installment Payments Flexibility
Upgrade Card Combines Credit Card Acceptance With Installment Payments Flexibility
October 10, 2019  |  Loans

Twelve years ago, LendingClub Founder Renaud Laplanche built a business to help consumers manage the $800 million in outstanding credit card debt. That product was...

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Citi Pilots Credit Card Installment Loans Down Under
Citi Pilots Credit Card Installment Loans Down Under
August 18, 2019  |  Loans

Citi Australia wants in on the burgeoning buy now, pay later market and is launching a new installment loan product with Kogan that will swap...

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Visa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants
Visa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants
June 27, 2019  |  VISA

The installment lending playing field just got more interesting — and global — today (June 27). Visa announced that it will bring the power and...

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PayJoy Raises $20M To Boost Smartphone Ownership
PayJoy Raises $20M To Boost Smartphone Ownership
May 23, 2019  |  Investments

PayJoy, the startup that enables people in emerging markets to purchase smartphones via installment payments and access cash loans, has raised $20 million in venture...

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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 Launches New Features To Help Consumers Spend Responsibly
Affirm Launches New Features To Help Consumers Spend Responsibly
November 13, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

“The more I looked at retailer-sponsored finance, the more I realized people routinely end up paying atrociously more than they bargained for … This is...

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Pew Pushes Installment Loans As Regulated Payday Alternative
Pew Pushes Installment Loans As Regulated Payday Alternative
October 17, 2018  |  Alternative Finances

Short-term lending – specifically, payday loans – have attracted a lot of attention in recent years, from the media and from the regulators. A little...

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Will Square’s Stock Drop Shift Attention To Credit Risk?
Will Square’s Stock Drop Shift Attention To Credit Risk?
October 09, 2018  |  Earnings

Shares of Square dropped more than 8 percent on Monday (Oct. 8), as a bear on the Street said the firm is taking on credit...

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CFPB Drops Investigation Into Lender That Donated To Mulvaney
CFPB Drops Investigation Into Lender That Donated To Mulvaney
January 24, 2018  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has dropped its investigation into World Acceptance Corp., which had been accused of taking advantage of low-income borrowers. According...

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