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Divvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
Divvy Founders On Building A Millennial Bridge Between Renting And Homeownership
October 17, 2018  |  Real Estate

For much of the early 2010s, there was an emerging piece of conventional wisdom that millennials were on the verge of radically breaking from the...

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Divvy Lands $30M To Disrupt The Homeownership Model
Divvy Lands $30M To Disrupt The Homeownership Model
October 10, 2018  |  Investments

Homeownership startup Divvy announced that it has raised $30 million in equity and debt from Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from seed investors Caffeinated Capital, DFJ...

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Lease-To-Own Services Make A Comeback With Overstock.com
Lease-To-Own Services Make A Comeback With Overstock.com
September 24, 2018  |  Retail

Lease-to-own services are making a comeback with eCommerce retailers. Overstock.com is bringing a lease-to-own purchase option to its financial service offerings. The option, provided by Progressive Leasing,...

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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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Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
Laplanche’s Upgrade Raises $62M To Reinvent Consumer Credit
August 23, 2018  |  Loans

When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done...

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Credit Karma Buys Online Mortgage Company
Credit Karma Buys Online Mortgage Company
August 16, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Approved, the online mortgage platform company, announced Thursday (Aug. 16) in a blog post that it has been acquired Credit Karma. In a blog post,...

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Equifax Teams To Launch Canadian SMB Credit Scoring Service
Equifax Teams To Launch Canadian SMB Credit Scoring Service
July 10, 2018  |  SMBs

Equifax, the credit scoring company, and Thinking Capital announced on Tuesday (July 10) the launch of BillMarket, a solution that brings together a small business...

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NEW DATA: More Americans Behind On Bills, But Feel More Financially Stable
NEW DATA: More Americans Behind On Bills, But Feel More Financially Stable
July 10, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

  When it comes to personal finances, it turns out that perception is not always reality. One might expect that consumers in better financial standing...

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Alt Credit Scoring Platform, Nova Credit, Gets New Capital
Alt Credit Scoring Platform, Nova Credit, Gets New Capital
June 26, 2018  |  Financial Inclusion

Ken Chenault, the former head of American Express, is throwing his weight behind a startup that gives credit scores to immigrants who have a hard...

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