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Your Future Credit Score May Depend on Who You Know on Social Media
Hong Kong startup Lenddo wants to give you money in exchange for friendship data.
I Fixed My Credit by Day Drinking
I've put off dealing with my bad credit for years now by ignoring 1-800 numbers and continuing to rack up debt. But then I had a thought: What if I could trick myself into fixing my credit by throwing myself a party?
Human Capital Contracts Could Revolutionize the Way We Borrow Money
According to their adherents, these contracts represent an end run around the entrenched and often predatory lending structures that had flimflammed so many young people into bankruptcy.
Ripple, a Peer-to-Peer Financing Network, Could Make Bitcoin Great (Or Destroy It)
Until now, one of main flaws of bitcoin is that still relies on centralized exchanges.
The CFPB is Bringing Social Media to the Government to Fight Credit Cards
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, just launched a new consumer complaint site today. The dispinterest wall, is a forum for credit card holders, with what I'd say is a pretty stylish and readable design for a bureaucratic agency. But...