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The Venture Investing Road Less Traveled: Funding Enablers, Not Challengers

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That’s especially true in the consumer lending and demand deposit account (DDA) startups. Alternative credit has also become a popular vertical, noted Webster, marked by a plethora of point-of-sale credit providers that many have said could find themselves tested when the economy takes a downturn.

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Top 5 Scores Topics of 2021

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The UltraFICO™ Score empowers consumers to leverage their checking and savings account data to enhance their score. When the UltraFICO™ Score uses this demand deposit account (DDA) data, it’s current as of the day prior to the score pull. . Read full post : FICO Fact: How Current Is The Data In My FICO Score?

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What’s Trending So Far In 2016

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Read on for what they happen to say about the state of their businesses and the local economies in which they operate. Johnny Ayers, cofounder and SVP of business development for Socure, argues that being able to have a traditional savings account or demand deposit account (DDA) is a basic financial right that should be afforded to all.