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Equifax's new credit program will take a deeper look at your payment history

by David Brancaccio
Oct 4, 2016
Equifax CEO Richard Smith shares how the new method will work.
Equifax and Fannie Mae worked together on the new credit score program.
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How to access your hard-earned money before payday

by Jed Kim
Jul 6, 2016
A growing number of companies now offer a cheaper alternative to payday loans.
Payday is arriving earlier for some Americans.
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Co-signing loans can be bad business

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 6, 2016
Beware of friends and family who want to glom onto your credit score!
If you co-sign with someone on a loan or a credit card, you have a 26 percent chance of damaging your relationship,
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Square offers small-business loans

by Mark Garrison
Mar 25, 2016
The payments company is venturing into an activity some see as risky.
Square CEO Jack Dorsey demonstrates the Square payment system Congressman Dave Camp and Senator Max Baucus while touring the Square headquarters on August 19, 2013 in San Francisco, California. 
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What does an interest rate hike mean for you?

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 16, 2015
Nela Richardson and Felix Salmon answer listener questions about interest rates
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Tech and finance team up and give banks a scare

by Molly Wood
Dec 14, 2015
FinTech is pulling in business that banks gave up. And now they want it back.
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Goldman to improve its consumer Sachs appeal

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 16, 2015
The institution ventures into online lending. Why have banks been so slow?
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Organizing India's Informal Workers

by David Weinberg
Mar 24, 2015
Creating economic stability for India means transforming the informal economy.
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What rising interest rates mean for the rest of us

by Tracey Samuelson
Feb 25, 2015
Rising interest rates: If you think they won't affect you, think again.
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Foreign banks ask China: Where's our copper?

by Molly Wood
Jun 17, 2014
In China, a warehouse of copper is used over and over again as collateral for loans.
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