Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
LendingClub Acquires Spending Intelligence Platform Cushion
The marketplace lender LendingClub has announced its acquisition of another FinTech platform. About LendingClub's Purchase of Cushion: This week, LendingClub revealed that it had acquired the intellectual property and "select talent" from Cushion. The platform is an AI-powered spending intelligence service that helps customers track their finances by looking at their banking transactions. This includes monitoring bills, managing subscriptions, and making on-time payments. Additionally, the platform can help users build...
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Small Business FinTech Flex to Merge with Maza
Two FinTechs are joining forces as part of an expansion from small business to consumer finance. About Flex's Acquisition of Maza: In a strategic move, Flex recently announced that it would be acquiring Maza. As a result, Maza will rebrand to Flex Consumer. This will continue Flex's initiative to allow business owners to "commingle" their personal and business finances in one place. While not stated in the press release, Crunchbase...
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SoFi Introduces SmartStart Student Loan Refinancing Option
The FinTech SoFi has announced a new student loan refinancing option built for those eyeing a big life change. About SoFi SmartStart: With SoFi SmartStart, those refinancing their student loans have the option to make interest-only payments for their first nine months. As the company notes, this allows borrowers to divert funds that they'd otherwise be using to make student loan payments and utilize them for other ambitions. This could...
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How I Turned My Tax Bill Lemons Into Lemonade (and Points)
Last week, I laid out the circumstances that made for a rough and anxiety-inducing tax season this year. In that, I highlighted a few options we were considering for taking care of our large and unexpected tax bill. As it turns out, we ended up selecting a few of those options and employing them all. With that, I intend to talk about my experience with each element of my actions...
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GreenFi Launches After Spinning Off From Aspiration
Coinciding with Earth Day today, GreenFi has officially launched. About GreenFi: In 2024, Mission Financial Partners acquired the consumer banking portion of Aspiration (with the carbon credit segment now known as Catona Climate). Today, that FinTech platform rebranded to GreenFi. Despite the name change, the platform continues to provide climate-friendly banking and investing options. Alongside the launch, it was announced that GreenFi recently raised $17 million. This seed round was...
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Capital One Acquisition of Discover Expected to Close Next Month
Two financial brands appear set to join forces in the coming weeks after the deal cleared regulatory scrutiny. The Latest on Capital One's Acquisition of Discover: Today, Capital One announced that its planned acquisition of Discover had received final regulatory approval. This came with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency signing off on the deal. Previously, in December...
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