MoreThanFair, a community of organizations dedicated to improving access to affordable and inclusive credit for American consumers and small businesses, announced that Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) had joined as its newest member. Affirm empowers consumers by offering a “transparent and flexible way to pay over time… Read More
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i2c, a banking and payments platform, says it has partnered with Access Finance, an entity originally based in Bulgaria. According to a company statement, the partnership will see the Juzt Digital Credit Card program rolled out in the United States. The program is said to… Read More
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European credit specialist AlbaCore Capital Group announces the launch of a new Senior Direct Lending Strategy, having secured anchor investments from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. AlbaCore has completed its first close,… Read More
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Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, announced it is expanding its credit reporting to Experian to include all of Affirm’s pay-over-time products beginning April 1, 2025. By furnishing information about all of its pay-over-time transactions… Read More
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Mifundo reports that it has partnered with Experian to enable cross-border credit in the EU. Experience is a top credit reporting and analytics firm that provides services globally. Mifundo, founded in 2028 and based in Estonia, is developing an artificial intelligence cross-border date platform to power… Read More
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400 Capital Management LLC, an alternative credit asset manager specializing in asset-based credit strategies with over $7.4 billion of assets under management, announced the closing of its latest private credit fund, Asset Based Term Fund IV (ABTF IV). The fund, which launched in December 2023,… Read More
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QED Investors and Valor Capital have led a $26.7 million Series A funding round in Capim, a Fintech based in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The company launched in 2021. The round included existing investors ONEVC, Canary, and NXTP, as well as new investors Endeavor, Saison, and Actyus. Capim is… Read More
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Mastercard (NYSE: MA) noted that today’s consumers are at the forefront of embracing technologies that offer streamlined and intuitive experiences. Gen Z, the generation spanning teenagers to those in their mid-twenties, is said to be leading the charge. Instead of juggling between different cards and… Read More
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The State of Virginia is considering legislation designed to limit the interest charged on credit to consumers. The Federal government is also reviewing a similar approach to credit cards, but once again, policymakers are looking to apply price-fixing to a market driven by supply and… Read More
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Financial technology firms are emerging as alternative lenders for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including those in agriculture, amid banks’ continued hesitancy to extend loans to the sector. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Monetary Board member Romeo Bernardo said fintech firms are playing an… Read More
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Plume Network, the first full-stack L1 RWA Chain for RWAfi (Real World Asset Finance), announced its partnership with Whinfell Partners LLC to introduce a range of “institutional-grade” credit instruments and diversified yield-bearing assets to its ecosystem. Leveraging Plume’s flagship staking protocol Nest, Whinfell will bring… Read More
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As US consumers had prepared to spend an estimated $18.5 billion on BNPL services this holiday, banks had faced a crucial challenge: how can they offer flexible lending without contributing to worsening debt cycles? With over 10 years of experience in the Fintech world, and… Read More
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KPMG has recently commented on the latest Money and Credit data from the Bank of England. Karim Haji, Global and UK Head of Financial Services at KPMG, shared key insights on the newest Money and Credit data from the Bank of England (for the month… Read More
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Tally, a Fintech created to assist consumers in paying of their credit card debt, has shuttered its doors. In a blog post, Tally CEO Jason Brown said it was the end of Tally as they were unable to raise additional funding to keep operations going…. Read More
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LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC), the parent company of LendingClub Bank, America’s leading digital marketplace bank, has released new data revealing a surprising lack of consumer awareness “regarding the true cost of their credit card debt in today’s high interest rate environment.” LendingClub conducted a national… Read More
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Findings from the newly released Q2 2024 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report (CIIR) from TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) reveal that as consumers continue to await interest rate relief in the form of rate cuts, credit products continue to serve to bridge the financial gaps that may… Read More
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Automotive lending has been quickly transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) with the promise of faster, more accurate and more cost-effective credit decisions and approval processes. Auto dealers are not exactly ready to embrace the new technology. According to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Dealer Financing… Read More
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Your Credit Score, Lloyds Bank’s free credit checking service, now has 10 million registered customers. The feature, available through the mobile banking app and online, “allows customers to view their credit report and access personalised practical tips to improve or maintain their score.” As millions… Read More
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Jonathan Gurwitz, the Credit Lead at Plaid helping customers incorporate cash flow data to make smarter risk decisions, noted recently that Plaid is announcing its Consumer Report, a new solution that “brings businesses real-time, actionable cash flow data along with credit risk insights through Plaid… Read More
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Findings from the newly released Q1 2024 Quarterly Credit Industry Insights Report from TransUnion reveal that the consumer credit market continues to show resiliency in the face of a challenging economic environment as consumers continue to turn to credit to help manage higher costs. Despite… Read More
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