Feb 18

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What the Hell is Going on at Elevate Credit?

Will they continue pursuing profits by any means necessary?

Loans with rates as high as 251%.

Read that again.

No, this is NOT the shady payday lending store located in a crappy strip mall.

Instead, it’s a so-called “FinTech” lender named Elevate. The company operates a…

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What the Hell is Going on at Elevate Credit?

Will they continue pursuing profits by any means necessary?

More from Andy Spears

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Brazen ECB verbal intervention against Euro unwarranted and unlikely

It’s Time to Eliminate “Junk Fees”

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Disputes Higher Dividends and New Study: Mostly Good News

Thrashing our Way to the Precipice

Examining the effect of Ghana’s Inflation Targeting Regime (Working Draft)

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