Back in the day, parents would teach their children how to balance their checkbooks and instructed them to do so on a monthly basis. While most of us now only use checkbooks for wedding showers, taxes, and rent, the habit of reviewing your spending once a month is still a good...
There's no doubt that the growth Lending Club has seen since launching in 2007 has been impressive. Eight years after launch the FinTech leader has introduced new products, formed great partnerships, and now they celebrate facilitating over $13 billion (with a 'b') in loans. As they've come to do when...
With the holidays drawing near, just about everyone's looking for a good deal. What's strange is that, while people will camp out on Black Friday in order to save some money on a television, many of us end up overpaying for a number of items throughout the year without even...
In October 2015 the Fed governors unanimously voted to pursue a “loss-absorbing capacity” measure requiring the largest eight banks, including “JP Morgan, Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America,” to issue hundreds of billions in new equity and debt to insulate the economy from the crippling effects of future financial shocks....
For years now podcasts have slowly made their way into the mainstream. While the public at large may only be familiar with shows like Serial, the truth is that there is a huge selection of podcasts available covering nearly every subject imaginable. Like its ancestor (radio), podcasts are generally meant for...
In the late 2000s alternative lenders like Lending Club and OnDeck emerged and began offering loans directly to borrowers online. Touted as “disruptors,” these lenders sought to challenge the current banking system that they deemed to be broken and grant more consumers and small businesses access to credit. On the...
After years of waiting, it looks like the gates to equity crowdfunding (EC) will finally be opened thanks to a recent vote within the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although Title III of the Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups (JOBS) Act was signed into law over three years ago, the SEC has taken...
Debt is, unfortunately, a fact of life for many Americans. Between mortgages, car payments, and credit cards, the vast majority of us have some amount of debt to our names. Even though the average person knows that staying in debt will only continue to hurt their finances and future prospects,...
The free investment app Robinhood made a splash earlier this year when it announced it would allow users (in certain states) to trade cryptocurrencies on the platform. Now the FinTech is making big news again, but this time with fiat currency. Today, the company announced Robinhood Checking & Savings and...
For the past two years, small business optimism has remained at historic highs. While that was still the case in November, the National Federation of Independent Business's Small Business Optimism Index did see a slide, reaching a seven-month low. Although the 2.6 point decline wasn't massive by any means, as...
The idea of earning cash back on your purchases for seemingly no reason is one of those “if it sounds too good to be true…” triggers for many people. For evidence of this, just type in “Is Ebates…” or “Is Dosh…” into Google and notice how “legit?” is near the...
While the 2018 holiday shopping season only began a couple of weeks ago, it looks like Americans have already been racking up debt well before the Black Friday kick off. According to a new report by WalletHub, consumers added $16 billion to the total credit debt between June and October...