HOUSTON — Everyone knows how important banks and financial institutions are to our national economy and to the capital markets. However, few people are aware of another emerging market called ...

One of the main costs prohibitive for many renters is the security deposit, a lump sum that the landlord will typically keep ...

The unbanked have no relationship with traditional financial institutions, while the underbanked use banks but rely heavily on alternative financial services. 4.2% of U.S. households are unbanked and ...

Alternative investments have gathered the attention and interest of financial planners. According to a Financial Planning Association Survey, nearly half of advisors reported using or recommending ...

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2023 applicable to the small dollar lending, lease-to-own, and alternative financial services industries. The Consumer Financial ...

As many as 28 million people in the U.S. do not have a bank account. Another 45 million people — or 19.4 percent of all U.S. households — have some sort of account but continue to use a variety of ...