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When people turn to alternative credit lenders to help them get out of a financial bind, some of them are somewhat confounded by what they've gotten themselves into. In turn, those on the other side of the deal find they need a better way to

Millions of Americans are deemed to have insufficient credit histories and thus don't have credit scores, but new alternative methods are making it possible to create these rankings, even with limited repayment backgrounds. Nontraditional strategies

Before the Great Recession, speaking about alternative credit may well have resulted in some blank stares and confused looks. This is because last decade, many people didn't know that they could tap into different sources of finance when they

How do consumers learn about emerging services that could make their lives easier? They should consider where they get most of their news and recommendations - friends, family members, social media pages, review websites, commercials, celebrities

As we noted in a previous blog, financial technology is surging. Fintech companies are using big data and other resources to develop more efficient, effective approaches to a wide array of finance-related activities. As TechCruch contributor