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Service Members’ Complaints About Student Loans Rise, CFPB Says
Service Members’ Complaints About Student Loans Rise, CFPB Says
September 24, 2024  |  Loans

Student loans account for a growing number of complaints service members and veterans make about financial products. While consumers in general began filing more complaints...

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Amount Introduces Small Business Lending Suite
Amount Introduces Small Business Lending Suite
September 24, 2024  |  SMBs

Digital origination/decisioning company Amount has debuted a small-business-focused lending suite for banks and credit unions. The new SMB (small- to medium-sized business) Suite, announced Tuesday...

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Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Won’t Find Budgetary Breathing Room From Rate Cuts
Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Won’t Find Budgetary Breathing Room From Rate Cuts
September 23, 2024  |  Economy

The initial euphoria that greeted the Federal Reserve’s decision this past week to cut interest rates for the first time in four years was keenly...

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CFPB’s FAQs on BNPL Hint at Key Areas of Regulation and Controversy
CFPB’s FAQs on BNPL Hint at Key Areas of Regulation and Controversy
September 20, 2024  |  BNPL

Perhaps the most frequently asked question that will come in the wake of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB’s) publication of a “frequently asked questions”...

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Report: Mercado Libre Plans Mexico Expansion of Working Capital Funding With $250 Million in Financing
Report: Mercado Libre Plans Mexico Expansion of Working Capital Funding With $250 Million in Financing
September 19, 2024  |  Investments

Mercado Libre has reportedly secured $250 million in financing from JPMorgan to grow the business of its FinTech arm Mercado Pago in Mexico. The company...

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Businesses May See Cost of Capital Relief as Fed Slashes Rates
Businesses May See Cost of Capital Relief as Fed Slashes Rates
September 18, 2024  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% Wednesday (Sept. 18), the first cut in four years. While stocks gyrated Wednesday and were down slightly...

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Digital Platforms Promise Real-Time Fix for Loan Market’s Fax Problem
Digital Platforms Promise Real-Time Fix for Loan Market’s Fax Problem
September 18, 2024  |  Loans

For every fragmented ecosystem, there’s a digital innovation being built and scaled to streamline it. The global syndicated loan market, a $7 trillion-plus industry where...

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Memo to Lenders: Go Digital or Go Home
Memo to Lenders: Go Digital or Go Home
September 17, 2024  |  Loans

The benefits of swapping analog, manual processes for digital ones are obvious. But that doesn’t mean they don’t bear repeating — especially against a backdrop...

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Report: Cherry Considers Offering Bonds Tied to BNPL for Cosmetic Surgery
Report: Cherry Considers Offering Bonds Tied to BNPL for Cosmetic Surgery
September 16, 2024  |  BNPL

Cherry is reportedly gauging investors’ interest in a potential bond tied to buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans for dental or medical aesthetic treatments like cosmetic...

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