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According to USA Today, minorities are more likely to be unbanked or underbanked compared to non-minority groups.The news source notes that in January 2009, approximately 54 percent of black households and 43.3 percent of Hispanics were either

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted a patent to risk management firm MicroBilt for its PRBC bill payment reporting and scoring process.The company collects data on commonly recurring bill payments and filters it all into a

Employers who use background screening service Tandem Select to check a prospective applicant's history can now use social media and publicly available web content as part of their hiring process, the company has announced."Companies

More consumers are choosing to lease their automobiles, The Detroit News reports. During the recession, the financing option lost popularity as available credit became scarce, but now the industry is making a comeback.Leasing is attractive

According to The Iowa Independent, the Iowa Division of Banking reported that the annual interest rate on short term loans in 2009 was 292 percent.A coalition of faith-based and community groups are advocating to reduce that number to 36 percent,