Consumer Lending

Cloning Successful Startups

Fred Wilson | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Portfolio, Zynga, Lending, avc.com, Consumer Lending, Venture Capitalism, Startups, Small Business News
Fred Wilson

It's a free market out there. People can do what they want. That's even more true globally. If you are successful, you will be cloned. That's life. In fact, it's a sign that you've made it when clones of your website, mobile app, and business start cropping up.

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Ben Hallman

New Consumer Cop Picks First Fight With Big Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Hallman | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Richard Cordray, U.S. Bank, Payday Lending, Payday Lenders, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Wells Fargo, Consumer Lending, Cfpb, Regions Bank, Payday Loans, Fifth Third Bank, Bank Payday Loans, Business News

Picking his first public fight with the banking industry, Washington's top consumer cop, Richard Cordray, promised on Thursday that his examiners will...

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Using Education to Cope With a Complex Economy

Timothy Geithner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Finances, Education, Valerie Jarrett, Arne Duncan, Bank Fees, Financial Literacy, Consumer Lending, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Credit Cards, Personal Finance, Credit Card Fees, Politics News
Timothy Geithner

Beyond financial reform, we must encourage all Americans -- especially our youth -- to cultivate adequate individual financial literacy to succeed in this increasingly complex, fast-moving economy.

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Three automotive stories you want to know

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New United Motor Manufacturing, House of Representatives, Automotive News, National Automobile Dealers Association, Nummi, Toyota, Tesla Motors, Consumer Lending, Secret Recall, Space Shuttle, Lexus, Paypal, Electric Vehicles, The Carpenters, Lotus Elise, Los Angeles, Elon Musk, U.S. Senate, Southern California, General Motors, Downey-Ca, Christmas, Los Angeles Times, Ken Bensinger, Technical Service Bulletin, San Francisco, es300, Business News
Steve Parker

Tesla to Downey, CA - Drop dead! Updated If you're driving through Downey, CA, I wouldn't recommend driving a Tesla. A dream of Downey leaders to re-...

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Brownback Amendment, Auto Dealers and What it Means to You

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brownback Amendment, Nada, Auto Dealers, Consumer Lending, Finance Reform, Business News
Grant Cardone

Call your Senator today and tell them to vote for the Brownback Amendment Bill so that consumers have choices of where to get their financing when buy...

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The Debt Economy - How The Tax Code Encourages Debt : The New Yorker

newyorker.com | James Surowiecki | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Taxes, Debt, James Surowiecki, The New Yorker, Consumer Lending, The Debt Economy, Leverage, Borrowing, Tax Code, Business News

. Debt didn't get dangerously out of scale because the system was broken. It got out of scale, in part, because the system worked. The government d...

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TARP Repayments May Not Help Consumers

Jun. 9, 2009 | Colin Barr, Senior Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Consumer Loans, Consumer Lending, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Tarp-Repayments, Tarp, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Business News

NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Don't expect TARP-free banks to unleash a torrent of loans to cash-strapped consumers. The Treasury Department told ten big b...

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Take a Number B of A

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fraud, Bank of America, Credit, Bailout, President Barack Obama, Consumer Lending, ScottsBigMouth.Com, Oversight, Scottsbigmouth, Congress, Stimulus, Big Banks, Mad as Hell, Business News
Scott Foval

To B of A and the big 19: Take a number. We are in line in front of you, and your business doesn't deserve our tax money until you clean up your act.

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