Originally airing on July 29, 2020 on the American Banker podcast, Brendan Pedersen interviews Lauren Saunders on the problems with small dollar lending and how lenders can profit while offering fair loans to consumers.
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Originally airing on December 1, 2021 on the American Banker podcast, Polo Rocha discusses with Margot Saunders changes that consumer advocates worry could make remittances less transparent–leaving customers shortchanged.
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In this episode of the Wharton Fintech Podcast, host Ryan Zauk sits down with Chi Chi Wu to discuss: The Fair Credit Reporting Act’s strengths and weaknesses The Big 3 Credit Bureaus…what’s broken, and how we can fix it Pros and cons of the new alternative data boom COVID’s devastating effects on individual credit Her…
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Credit scores have been used for decades to assess consumer creditworthiness, but their scope is far greater now that they are powered by algorithms. Not only do they consider vastly more data, in both volume and type, but they increasingly affect whether you can buy a car, rent an apartment, or get a full-time job.…
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On Mar. 22, 2023, Margot Saunders joined a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event to discuss how the current industry and regulatory fight against illegal robocall traffic is failing to make a meaningful dent in the problem. “Robocalls have completely undermined the value of the U.S. telephone system. The system is losing value and that’s hurting…
On Mar. 2, 2023, Caroline Cohn sat down with the hosts of Breakthrough News’ The Freedom Side podcast to discuss how incarcerated people and their families are subject to some of the most exploitative fees for basic necessities.
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