According to a BMO Wealth Management Study, 60 percent of small business owners never try to secure grants or loans. Small business owners don’t take advantage of the funding available to them when it comes to focusing on innovation. In fact, 60 percent of small business owners don’t even try to pursue small business capital, whether […]
Teachers in the U.S. are facing serious struggles due to student loan debt. Teachers have a lot of challenges to overcome aside from educating the next generation. Most deal with a serious lack of funding, and their yearly pay is often low in comparison to the workload. And increasingly, many teachers are dealing with crushing student […]
Every Fall and Spring we give away 2, $1,000 scholarships here at LendEDU. For the LendEDU Spring 2018 Scholarship, applicants only had to answer one simple question:“How do you plan to manage your finances in college and after graduation to be financially prosperous as a young adult?”After reading numerous essays, our scholarship winner selection team chose 2 […]
Updated: 05/09/18Has someone told you that all you need to do to get extra cash for your business is apply for small business grants, startup business grants, federal government grants, or U.S. Small Business Administration grants? Have they made it seem like a quick online search about “how to start your own business with no […]
On a personal level, most people instinctually know that giving back is a good thing. Whether it is through volunteering your time or making charitable contributions, helping others can lift your spirit and make you feel better as a person.The same holds true for businesses. While it may not be obvious at first glance, being […]
If Amazon were to announce tomorrow that it was expanding into the residential real estate market, would anyone really be surprised?Amazon’s growth and expansion into numerous verticals has been unparalleled in the American economy. Just last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon was in talks with the big banks, including JPMorgan Chase & […]
Payday loan lenders have filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regarding a new rule. The payday lending industry has filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) alleging a new rule could potentially end things for them.Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), the main trade association for payday lenders, filed […]
The outstanding student loan debt in the U.S. is having a ripple effect on the rest of the American economy. With the debt and housing crisis in the rearview mirror, piles of student loan debt are taking center stage and creating challenges to pay it back.According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, since the […]
Splash Financial’s partnership with PenFed Credit Union should allow Splash to offer more competitive interest rates for student borrowers.Splash Financial, Inc. and PenFed Credit Union recently announced they will partner and fund up to $350 million annually for student loan refinancing.For Splash Financial, this partnership will enable it to expand beyond its medical fellows and […]
Thieves using synthetic identities were responsible for rising credit card fraud balances in 2017.Criminals using synthetic identities led to huge losses for credit cards in the past couple years according to TransUnion in a new credit analysis. However, there is some good news: the growing trend lost some momentum in the past year.According to the […]