Alternative Financial Services

Afterpay CEO: How Alt Payments Are Altering Black Friday Spend
Afterpay CEO: How Alt Payments Are Altering Black Friday Spend
November 29, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Shoppers looking for something a little unusual this holiday season when they head out on Black Friday will have no shortage of interesting options. Christmas...

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Payday Lending Laws Drive Traffic To Pawn Shops
Payday Lending Laws Drive Traffic To Pawn Shops
October 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. By...

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State Regulators Investigate Payday Advances
State Regulators Investigate Payday Advances
August 08, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has announced it will lead a multi-state investigation into alleged violations of state regulations of the...

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Plaid Rolls Out Liabilities Tool To Track Student Loan Debt
Plaid Rolls Out Liabilities Tool To Track Student Loan Debt
July 18, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Plaid’s core business is centered on helping make it easy for developers get up and running with financial apps. That mostly until this point has...

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Microlending Bridges Gaps For Recent Immigrants
Microlending Bridges Gaps For Recent Immigrants
July 02, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Karla Ogaro was a certified pharmacist in the Philippines before emigrating to Canada. Mohammed Aly, also an immigrant to Canada, was a dentist who ran a clinic...

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Startup Helps Millennials Finance Rent, Move-In Expenses
Startup Helps Millennials Finance Rent, Move-In Expenses
May 22, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

In 2010 a small, obscure New York State political party grabbed a lot of viral attention with a video by its candidate for the governorship, Jimmy...

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The Problems With Postal Banking
The Problems With Postal Banking
May 16, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Last week presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and freshman New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a lot of headlines with the Loan Shark Prevention Act —...

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Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven
Why AI Risk Tech And Banks Could Be A Match Made In Heaven
April 16, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

While most CEO stories are about having founded a firm to solve a problem, Upstart CEO Dave Girouard and his team of former Google staffers...

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Building A Bridge To The Homeless With Breadcoin
Building A Bridge To The Homeless With Breadcoin
January 15, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Washington, D.C. is both a rich city and a poor city. Filled with federal workers and contractors, the nation’s capital has a high cost of living:...

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