Alt Lenders

Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services
Why Migrant Workers Need Their Own Financial Services
October 08, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, as of 2018 (the last full year for which data is available), there were 28.2 million foreign-born persons in...

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UK Treasury On The Defensive Over Bank Referral Scheme
UK Treasury On The Defensive Over Bank Referral Scheme
September 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.K. government’s bank referral scheme, designed to connect small businesses that were rejected for a traditional bank loan to alternative lenders, has faced its...

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Rising Interest Rates And The Changing Mortgage Market
Rising Interest Rates And The Changing Mortgage Market
November 27, 2018  |  Loans

Climbing interest rates are taking their toll on the number of consumers in the market for new home mortgages. Mortgage applications for new homes are...

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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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Can Push Payments Help Banks Find An Alt Lending Edge?
Can Push Payments Help Banks Find An Alt Lending Edge?
April 05, 2018  |  Disbursements

Consumers can pay in real time, Lisa McFarland, EVP and Chief Product Officer for Ingo Money - but when it is time for consumers to...

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Bank Lenders Push SMBs To Credit Cards And Alt-Lenders
Bank Lenders Push SMBs To Credit Cards And Alt-Lenders
November 30, 2015  |  News

Big banks are increasingly giving up their SMB loan market to alternative lenders who charge a remarkably high loan interest rate. In 2014, the 10 largest...

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