Finance

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The reach of private equity

Two years ago, we discussed private equity’s impact on newsrooms and the various investigations that have accused the industry of inflating the housing market and

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Only in America

You may have seen headlines questioning whether a 50-year mortgage would be a good or bad idea, or how it is just one of several

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Lounging in luxury

As a Wall Street Journal headline stated in September, “At the airport, there’s a fancy new lounge everywhere you look.” The author is not wrong.

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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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