personal loans

Today In Data: The Three R’s of Payments – Risks, Rewards And Real Time
Today In Data: The Three R’s of Payments – Risks, Rewards And Real Time
October 10, 2018  |  Today In Data

While children are sitting in schools studying the “real” three Rs (reading, writing and arithmetic), payments peeps will be looking at the local version: risk,...

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Scratch Mobile App Makes Paying Off Loans Easy
Scratch Mobile App Makes Paying Off Loans Easy
September 18, 2018  |  Mobile Applications

Startup Scratch is working to make paying off student and personal loans simpler for borrowers through an easy-to-use mobile app. Earlier this year, it was...

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Upgrade Is Upgrading The FinTech Lending Experience
Upgrade Is Upgrading The FinTech Lending Experience
August 23, 2018  |  Loans

When Renaud Laplanche launched hist latest lending start up, Upgrade, the venture was both quite similar to and yet quite different from his previous endeavor,...

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Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Discover Financial Services Inc. reported an increase in second quarter earnings as the credit card issuer had strong loan and revenue growth — and also...

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Personal Loans Are The Fastest-Growing Lending Category
Personal Loans Are The Fastest-Growing Lending Category
July 04, 2018  |  Loans

As a consumer lending category with the fastest growth, outstanding balances for personal loans jumped by about 18 percent to $120 billion in the first...

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Goldman Sachs’ Marcus Has Issued $3B In New Loans Since Inception
Goldman Sachs’ Marcus Has Issued $3B In New Loans Since Inception
April 18, 2018  |  Banking

Marcus, the consumer lending unit of Goldman Sachs, has issued $3 billion in new consumer loans since launching in October of 2016 through the first...

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SMBs Financed Via Personal Debt Less Likely Thrive, Study Finds
SMBs Financed Via Personal Debt Less Likely Thrive, Study Finds
February 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that take on debt actually perform better than those that don’t, according to a new report, though analysts warned that...

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Goldman Sachs Encourages Personal Loans For Home Improvements
Goldman Sachs Encourages Personal Loans For Home Improvements
January 17, 2018  |  Loans

Goldman Sachs has taken another step to boost its presence in the consumer lending market by marketing home improvement loans to its customers. According to...

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CFPB Could Scale Back Payday Lending Rule To Get It Done
CFPB Could Scale Back Payday Lending Rule To Get It Done
August 28, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is gearing up to scale back its rule on payday lending, giving the industry a  potential break from oversight. According...

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