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Opportunity’s next ABS deal will include loans through the MetaBank partnership
Upcoming consumer loan securitization for Oportun Inc. (Nasdaq: OPRT) is expected to include loans from a new lending partnership established with MetaBank, which has extended Oportun's high-risk loan program to thin file borrowers. at…
Bears’ Nick Foles and NFL players fund controversial loan scheme
Investments made by Nick Foles and at least 15 current and former NFL players were used to fund controversial high-interest loans targeting low-income people in Texas ahead of a bankruptcy case in October, according to Bleacher Report.…
Texas Supreme Court throws industry lifeline
Editor's note: This article appears in the April 2021 edition of DS News magazine, available here.
In a huge victory for lenders and managers, on January 29, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court confirmed that voiding a lender's…
Local advocacy groups call on Arizona lawmakers to correct loan laws
Some local advocacy groups are asking for support for proposed laws that would help prevent some fringe lenders from charging high interest rates on short-term loans.
Officials at the…
Offshore Wind and Title XVII Loan Guarantee Program for Innovative Energies | Vinson & Elkins…
To promote offshore wind projects in the United States, the Biden administration recently extended the Title XVII Innovative Energy Loan Guarantee Program (the “Title XVII Program”) to developers, suppliers and other financial…
Elevate named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Texas ™
FORT WORTH, Texas - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Elevate Credit, Inc. ("Elevate"), a leading technology provider of innovative and responsible online lending solutions for unprivileged consumers, today announced it has been named one of…
Momentum is building to curb predatory lending
As the nation and much of the world continue to suffer from the ripple effects of COVID-19, the ability of consumers to stay up to date on bills and spending is steadily declining - if not already.
According to the Census Bureau…
Cancellation of student debt, modification of Title IX regulations
Prior to his inauguration, Biden promised to write off $ 10,000 in federal student loan debt and repeal Trump-era Title IX regulations. Credit: Ashley Landis / The Dallas Morning News via TNS
President Joe Biden's big promises…
Can you pay 175% interest on a loan in New Mexico? Yes, and it’s legal
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) - This is the kind of transaction you would expect to do in a late night alley. Yet in New Mexico there is a thriving industry that is legally making hundreds of millions of dollars. We are talking about the…
Texas is one of 19 states with student loan debt greater than the entire state budget
Monday, March 1, 2021
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