Retail sales September 2023:

A customer shops at a Costco store on October 2, 2023 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesConsumers showed surprising strength in September, boosting retail sales well above expectations despite high interest rates and worries over a weakening economy.Retail sales rose 0.7% on the month, well above the...

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Nova Credit lands $45M to grow its cross-border and alternative data credit products

Moving from one country to another is difficult in many ways, not the least of which involves starting over financially. Nova Credit, which started out as a graduate research project out of Stanford University about seven years ago, was founded to help immigrants overcome the obstacles of applying for things...

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Digital transformation boosts satisfaction with life insurance and annuities

Customer apathy towards life insurance and annuities is a decades-old challenge, but technology is helping the industry change perceptions. The latest generation of mobile apps and websites is boosting customer satisfaction as technology drives greater use of the products for financial planning and final planning (such as death benefits and...

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