
Articles by Andrew Rombach:
Woodside Credit Collector Car Financing was founded in 2003 to provide affordable loans to classic car enthusiasts. Headquartered in Newport Beach, California, Woodside structures long-term, classic car loans of up to twelve years in order to keep monthly payments low. The company partners with hundreds of classic and exotic car dealers to deliver
College is often viewed as the traditional path to gainful employment: graduate high school, attend college, get a degree, work in a field, and make money. It sounds simple enough. However, reality often differs from expectations. Traditional colleges are arguably better known for leaving graduates with high debt and few job prospects according to the […]
In general, insurance products are rife with confusing details and stipulations – an aspect of an industry already famous for opacity. These common issues simply make it harder for consumers to secure coverage. Life insurance is certainly not an outlier. According to a recent survey, Americans think life insurance is as complicated as the notorious […]
Did you know that credit card debt can be harmful to your health? While it’s difficult to imagine anyone creating harm for themselves when using their credit cards, this should give you pause if that next purchase adds to a seriously overweight credit card balance. In that respect, knowing how to pay off credit card debt is […]
I recently had the chance to interview the CEO and Co-Founder of an interesting and successful company known as Upstart. Upstart made a name for itself over the last 6 years as a personal loan lender. How exactly did it do this? Upstart implemented an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithm that could underwrite credit […]
One of the biggest names in the fintech space participated in our most recent Q&A feature. Renaud Laplanche, the co-founder of LendingClub and more recently Upgrade answered questions about what it’s like to be an entrepreneur several times in a competitive space. Read on if you want to pick the brain of an established fintech industry […]
For any individual at the college stage, obtaining credit is a necessary milestone on the path towards financial freedom and recognition. For instance, if you want a mortgage down the line, you need to have an established, successful credit history. Chances are you started building your credit in college. While this seems like a given, […]
Earlier in the year, the CEO of CommonBond, David Klein, a large fintech company specializing in higher education financing, agreed to sit down with me and talk student loans over the phone. Klein has been a prominent leader in the student loan industry for the past five years and he had plenty of information to offer […]
This November, I had the opportunity to speak in a Q&A over the phone with the President at Marlette Funding, Josh Tonderys. During the interview, I had the chance to learn quite a bit about the personal lending market from an experienced industry leader. Let’s see what he had to say about the personal loan […]
With a few avid video gamers on our staff, we’ve taken note of the recent buzz about paid downloadable content (or DLC) when it comes to video games. Of course, much of this recent buzz stems from the backlash that Electronic Arts (EA) received after trying their hand at an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, […]