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Affirm Looks To Launch Everyday-Use Virtual Cards

Bank Innovation

Affirm, the lending startup that provides loans at the POS, is looking into launching everyday-use virtual credit cards, Bank Innovation has learned. The company, launched by a PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, provides point-of-sale loans that allow customers, particularly millennials, to finance purchases with participating merchants.

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CIBIL Study Shows Millennials Are Actively Checking Their Credit Scores

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While millennials are borrowing more than pre-millennials and post-millennials, they are still conscious about how much debt they are taking up…. Did you know that India’s millennials fall in the biggest borrowers’ category within the country? This is higher than the average score of non-millennials, which is 734.

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Big ‘Payoff’ For One Online Lending Startup

PYMNTS

Not all is lost in the online lending space. The company makes loans to people who seek to pay off their credit card debt. The firm targets millennials, offering what the site said represents a financial personality test. TechCrunch reported on Thursday (June 16) that Payoff has raised a nice payoff of $46.7

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt…. Mortgages ?

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Millennials Actually Trust Traditional Banks More than Venmo

Bank Innovation

No matter what industry you’re in, the chance of success depends on the knowledge and insight you have regarding your customer base, which for both traditional banking institutions and fintech startups means focusing on millennials.

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Why Bread Thinks Private-Label Cards Are Ready For Disruption

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The problem, Abramowitz noted, is that retail in the last decade has moved online and into multi-channel – and private-label cards have not really made the necessary transformation to keep pace. This isn’t the case for retailers born in the online world, Abramowitz contends.

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1 In 4 US Cardholders Saw Credit Limit Cut Over The Last Month

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Nearly 50 million credit card customers in the U.S. said they have had their credit limit slashed or their card closed in the past month as lenders move to minimize their risk amid the COVID-19 shutdown, a new study revealed. CompareCards commissioned Qualtrics to conduct an online survey of 1,039 credit cardholders from April 22-24.

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