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Businesses have credit scores, too!

Last week, we talked about changes in credit scores and reporting, but did you know that small and mid-sized businesses have credit scores too? That’s

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Establishing credit where credit is due

Last week, the current Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director announced that lenders will be allowed to use a second credit scoring methodology to assess

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Third-party litigation funding

Last week we mentioned that one of the multitude of reasons your car insurance has increased is due to an increase in lawyer involvement. This

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Consumer reporting

Last week we discussed not only the increase and evolution of scams and fraud people experience but the growing concern of the role AI will

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Is the blockchain here to stay?

Most people believe Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency, but there were actually several attempts at establishing a cryptocurrency that go as far back as 1983

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The original decentralized currency

Donald Trump is currently promoting a new crypto venture that started selling its tokens to investors on October 15. While on the campaign trail this

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Insuring man’s best friend

Raising a child is hardly cheap – even with inflation now on the decline – but pet parents also struggle with rising costs for everything

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The history of digital banking

Digital banking is now part of our everyday lives, but it took the industry decades to get to the point that it is today. This

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Banking deserts

A banking desert is defined as “an area without traditional financial institutions and services,” meaning there is no physical bank branch within a specified radius

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Financial nihilism

Even if you are not a personal finance reporter, odds are personal finance stories are peppered throughout your beat. If you cover real estate, retail,

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