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Personal Finance
Buy Now, Pay Later: A Look at Some Popular BNPL Platforms
If you've watched television, visited a retail store, or shopped online in the past few years, you've almost undoubtedly heard about "buy now, pay later" or at least encountered one of the companies offering such options. Not only has the number of BNPL services grown in recent years but the number of consumers turning to these services has continued to climb as well. Yet, while the popularity of these platforms...
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Survey: 35% of Consumers Likely to Open Store Card for Holidays
With Christmas Eve coming up on Saturday, millions of Americans will be doing some last-minute holiday gift shopping this week. As they do, they're sure to encounter offers from various retailers to open a store credit card. Oftentimes, these pitches will come with a discount or other perks that might appeal to shoppers in the moment but may not be so great in the long run. Despite this, a new...
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Robinhood Introduces Crypto Learn and Earn Feature
Amid continued bad news in the realm of cryptocurrencies, a popular FinTech app is moving forward with a new feature that will provide customers with more education about certain assets. Recently, Robinhood launched its Learn and Earn program. With this feature, users will be able to dive into the details of certain crypto assets and systems. In return for doing so, they'll receive some of that asset to be added...
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Pocketnest Raises Fresh $2.6 Million Funding Round
A platform that seeks to educate users about financial topics has closed its second funding round in 2022. This week, Pocketnest announced that it had raised $2.6 million. The latest seed round was led by Reseda Group and follows a $2 million round the company raised earlier this year. To date, Pocketnest has now raised nearly $5 million. According to the FinTech, these funds will support a 24-month runway and...
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Study: States with the Highest Credit Card Debt-to-Income Ratios
One of the surprising financial developments during that pandemic is that average credit card debt actually declined thanks in part to Americans traveling less and using stimulus checks to pay down balances. However, with inflation and interest rates rising since then, balances have begun to rise once again. Recently, the site Upgraded Points released a new study looking at the credit card debt load of residents in the United States...
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Galileo Introduces BNPL Virtual Card Solution for Banks, FinTechs
With the popularity of "buy now, pay later" platforms continuing to rise, the FinTech API provider Galileo has announced new functionality that will give banks and FinTechs an easy way to jump aboard the train. As the company explains, this new feature will enable institutions to issue single-use virtual cards for the purpose of buy now, pay later financing. This will allow banks and FinTechs to enter the growing BNPL...
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