Petal is designed to help consumers learn how to manage their first credit card
Petal is designed to help consumers learn how to manage their first credit card and offers a digital-first experience that is in line with the expectations of younger consumers. Petal has developed “Cashflow Underwriting”, a new technology platform that analyzes, in real-time, an individual’s digital financial record. Cashflow Underwriting is different from traditional credit scoring, using a mixture of machine learning and common sense to analyze an individual’s digital financial record.
At a New York event, industry practitioners shared how they are addressing cultural, compliance and logistical objections to making loans based on bank account data.
Empower announced plans to acquire Petal for an undisclosed amount. The deal will help Empower expand into the credit card market. Empower also announced it …
Empower Finance has agreed to buy US credit fintech Petal and closed the acquisition of Philippines-based Cashalo.