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Discover’s Payment Services Drive Network Volumes Up 9 Pct
Discover’s Payment Services Drive Network Volumes Up 9 Pct
January 23, 2020  |  Earnings

Discover Financial Services posted fourth-quarter results that topped earnings expectations on the heels of loan growth and payments volume. In terms of headline numbers, diluted earnings per...

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CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
CFPB Charges Student Loan Debt Relief Firms With Unlawful Behavior
January 10, 2020  |  CFPB

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed lawsuits against several companies offering to forgive student loan debt for allegedly obtaining peoples’ data illegally, charging...

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SoFi Founder Mike Cagney Notches Near-$103M For New FinTech
SoFi Founder Mike Cagney Notches Near-$103M For New FinTech
December 02, 2019  |  Investments

Silicon Valley’s Figure Technologies, co-founded by SoFi Founder Mike Cagney, has raised $103 million in a Series C funding round, reports said on Sunday (Dec....

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Summer Lands $10M To Help Students Eliminate Debt
Summer Lands $10M To Help Students Eliminate Debt
September 26, 2019  |  Investments

A startup that focuses on helping student borrowers with their debt has raised $10 million in a funding round, according to a report. Summer is...

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Tech Taking The Bite Out of Student Loan Debt: One Employer Benefit Plan At A Time
Tech Taking The Bite Out of Student Loan Debt: One Employer Benefit Plan At A...
August 20, 2019  |  Debt

The cost of higher education lingers, stymieing borrowers (and their parents) as they navigate their financial lives.  Employees job hop, chasing higher paychecks to pay...

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Unpaid Student Loans And Credit Card Debt Mount In US
Unpaid Student Loans And Credit Card Debt Mount In US
August 15, 2019  |  Debt

An increasing number of Americans are struggling to keep up with their student loan and credit card debt, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Aug. 13). The...

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The Struggle To Make Tuition Payments On Time Is Real
The Struggle To Make Tuition Payments On Time Is Real
August 05, 2019  |  Consumer Finance

The student debt crisis is no joke — loans considered to be in “serious delinquency” continue to increase, which is why it’s not surprising that...

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Keeping Pace In An Accelerating Payments Race 
Keeping Pace In An Accelerating Payments Race 
August 02, 2019  |  Today In Data

The U.S. is known for, among other things, being a “more is more” kind of place. Sometimes that is a good thing (case in point: our...

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Payment Plans And The College Affordability Test
Payment Plans And The College Affordability Test
August 01, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Call it the $1.6 trillion challenge. College is a rite of passage for some, a dream for others and a financial challenge for just about...

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