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Uber’s Loss Leaders, LendUp’s Big Push And Citi’s Continuing Costco Calamity

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The flooding in Louisiana — and the various tragedies associated with it — is the dark side of this truism. For a private business to raise as much capital as Uber has been able to is unprecedented.”. Thus far, LendUp has brought in $200 million in funding, including a $100 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

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A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. For three of the tools we looked at — Mint, Level Money, and Check — we studied how their product evolved all the way up to their acquisition (by Intuit, Capital One, and Intuit, respectively). Louisiana — #6 in Credit Karma searches. In aggregate, they command $1.3

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