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Subprime Lending Power Player Victory Park Expands Overseas
Alternative Finances // January 16, 2018

Victory Park Capital — a Chicago-based investment firm — is a key player in the alternative financial services movement, providing debt capital for a string of familiar names in online lending. Avant, Elevate and LendUp, for example, are among the digital lenders that have worked...

CFPB’s Change Of Payday Lending’s Heart?
Alternative Finances // August 29, 2017

The final payday lending rules are coming, but reporting by The Wall Street Journal over the weekend suggests that they may not take quite the toll on the lending industry as once thought. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), it seems, is considering proposals that would scale back the rule’s scope....

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CFPB’s Change Of Payday Lending’s Heart?

August 29, 2017
The final payday lending rules are coming, but reporting by The Wall Street Journal over the weekend suggests that they may not take quite the toll on the lending industry as once thought. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), it seems, is considering proposals that would scale back the rule’s scope. Instead of casting the net very, very wide to include all short-term […]

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Subprime Lending Power Player Victory Park Expands Overseas

January 16, 2018
Victory Park Capital — a Chicago-based investment firm — is a key player in the alternative financial services movement, providing debt capital for a string of familiar names in online lending. Avant, Elevate and LendUp, for example, are among the digital lenders that have worked with Victory Park in the past to provide financing for […]