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LendUp Credit Card Biz Becomes Stand-Alone Company
LendUp Credit Card Biz Becomes Stand-Alone Company
January 10, 2019  |  Loans

LendUp has announced it is scaling its credit card business as a stand-alone company, Mission Lane. The move was made possible through investment from LL...

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Together Is Better: Banks And FinTechs Crack The Code On Financial Inclusion
Together Is Better: Banks And FinTechs Crack The Code On Financial Inclusion
September 15, 2017  |  Financial Inclusion

The favored narrative about banks and FinTech startups is generally not a love story. Usually, it is more of an all-out war story. Banks represent...

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Independence Edition: Square, Amazon And LendUp
Independence Edition: Square, Amazon And LendUp
July 03, 2017  |  Data Dive

With just a day left ‘til the fireworks officially start in celebration of the 4th of July here in the U.S., we thought we’d offer a preview.  Amazon...

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LendUp Raises Funding From PayPal, Expands Executive Ranks
LendUp Raises Funding From PayPal, Expands Executive Ranks
June 29, 2017  |  Innovation

Direct online lender LendUp, which provides personal loans to underserved banking customers, announced that it has raised strategic funding from PayPal and expanded its executive ranks. According...

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Changing the Conversation About Income Volatility
Changing the Conversation About Income Volatility
June 06, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the group of workers whose incomes rise and fall by as much as 25 percent over the course of...

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LendUp’s Focus On The “New Average” Consumer
LendUp’s Focus On The “New Average” Consumer
April 04, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

For a lot of Americans, mainstream financial services represent a menu full of goods that aren’t desirable, aren’t affordable or just aren’t applicable. And this...

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LendUp Closes $100M Credit Facility From Victory Park Capital
LendUp Closes $100M Credit Facility From Victory Park Capital
March 03, 2017  |  Payment Methods

LendUp, a socially responsible lender for the emerging middle class, announced Thursday (March 2) that it has closed another $100 million credit facility with investment...

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CFPB To LendUp: You Failed To Deliver, Pay Up $3.63 Million
CFPB To LendUp: You Failed To Deliver, Pay Up $3.63 Million
September 28, 2016  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Tuesday (Sept. 27) that it has taken action against an online lender, LendUp, with fines levied of $1.8...

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Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity
August 29, 2016  |  Payment Methods

When it comes to weather, no news is usually good news. Odds are if the whether has become newsworthy, things have gone quite badly wrong....

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