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Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels

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The average interest rates on credit cards are nearing record levels, in spite of a 50-basis-point decline on a 10-year note yield. prime lending rate, which banks charge to their best credit customers, is now at almost its lowest point ever due to Federal Reserve monetary policy. Bloomberg is reporting that the U.S. million in Q2.

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Afterpay does not perform a hard credit check on users, but it can still affect credit if users have a credit card as the form of payment connected to their Afterpay account or if they fail to pay back their loans. The Congressional House Financial Services Committee held a hearing last fall, “Buy Now, Pay More Later?

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Fintech for Kids: How Startup Greenlight Financial Teaches Kids about Compound Interest

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EXCLUSIVE – Fintech startup Greenlight Financial Technology has just added a new feature that helps kids understand tricky concepts like interest, APR and savings accounts. The feature allows the […].

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SMB Lending And The ‘Pay-As-You-Go’ B2B Future

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Mired in paper though transactions may be, financial tech firms are moving to promote speed and to bridge the gap in lending between businesses and their suppliers or customers. “The challenge is to speed up the lending process.”.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt. Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). First, there was the drama leading up to the breakup with the rich hottie.

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London FinTech Raises $4M For ‘Social’ Bank

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A financial technology company called B-Social has raised £3.2 Valimahomed said the idea was born from his own financial frustrations with friends, and his view that people are banks themselves, lending and borrowing from acquaintances. “A Then the app will let the group see who owes what and allow for easy payment.

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3 Notabale VC Rounds in Alternative Credit

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In the second quarter alone, funding for financial technology companies around the world reached $20.3 Fintech funding this year has been on the rise. billion in nearly 400 deals. Right now, venture capital firms, banks, and investors are pouring funds into companies Artifical Intelligence, the clear flavor of the year.

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