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As digital lending continues to rise, one can only be left to wonder how it got this way? For a long time, the process of obtaining a loan was long, arduous, and downright anxiety-ridden. Living in the digital age gives our constant existence a sense of urgency, of needing to adapt or move on to... Read More...

— Italian Freemason Giuseppe Mazzini TURNING MEN INTO SWINE How do you take a nation of free and independent citizens and turn them into slaves? How do you do this slowly and imperceptibly, without violence, and with the willing participation of the slaves-to-be?   The answer is simple. You corrupt them, undermine them, deprave them, demoralize them, until they have acquired all the characteristics of slaves. As the sorceress Circe, with a wave of her magic wand, turned the followers of Uly...

Financing deals announced at LendIt Several platforms used this week’s LendIt conference in New York City to announce significant financing agreements. Online platform LendKey struck a deal with MidCap Financial where MidCap agreed to purchase up to $1 billion in student consolidation loans originating on LendKey. MidCap’s parent company Apollo Global Management may purchase additional loans via investment funds under its control. Several platforms made significant funding announcements im...

AvantCredit has big-picture plan to own alt-finance Most alternative finance companies seek to meet the needs of an underserved niche in the marketplace while a few have wider aims. Count AvantCredit among the latter. The Chicago-based company was recently ranked sixth on Forbes 100 Most Promising Companies list thanks to an impressive growth pace which sees it with more than $1 billion in funding, 550 employees, and $75 million in annual revenue in just over two years of operation. Investors...

3 incumbents lose their seats in Polk municipal elections Tuesday Three incumbents lost their seats in Tuesdays municipal election involving six cities in Polk. In Bartow, incumbent Commissioner James Clements was ousted in the election for at-large Seat 1, grabbing only 24.07% of the vote compared with 52.75% for the winner, Tanya Tucker. Sal Carter took 16.39% of the vote and Charlie Bittinger 6.8%. In Dundee, Commissioner Rukhsana Harper received 35.96% of the vote, losing to Mary Richardso...

Lake Alfred The town of Lake Alfred had two seats up for grabs on the ballot — City Commission Seats 3 and 4. Three candidates were on the list for the two at-large seats, including Nancy Z. Daley. Daley took one of the seats with 42.93% of the vote. She has served on the Lake Alfred City Commission for 10 years including four terms as mayor and four terms as vice mayor. The other seat was taken by Mac Fuller, who will replace Charles Lake, who did not seek reelection. Fuller earned 35.54%...

Six cities in Polk County will hold municipal elections Tuesday. Voters in Bartow, Dundee, Haines City, Lake Alfred, Lake Wales and Lakeland will cast ballots to decide city commission races. Two elections are on the ballot in Lake Wales and one in each of the other cities. Residents of Lake Alfred and Lake Wales will also vote on proposed amendments to their cities’ charters. Lakeland is holding a special election to fill an opening created when former City Commissioner Scott Franklin was el...

Government involvement. the fcc didnt come to a&e and say to take the show off the air. >> thats not true. in d.c. where i live private employer employers arent allowed to take into account factors in hiring and firing. im not the the government. >> this is not about free speech. >> you have the right to have a mohawk but not -- >> you are missing something. >> this is about money. this is about a contract. a&e hired robinson and the rest of the family to be on a show. if they believe his behavi...

Government involvement. the fcc didnt come to a&e and say to take the show off the air. >> thats not true. in d.c. where i live private employer employers arent allowed to take into account factors in hiring and firing. im not the the government. >> this is not about free speech. >> you have the right to have a mohawk but not -- >> you are missing something. >> this is about money. this is about a contract. a&e hired robinson and the rest of the family to be on a show. if they believe his behavi...

0 teachings of the bible. phil is a godly man who follows what the bible says are the greatest commandments. love the lord your god with all your heart and love your neighbor as yourself. phil would never incite or encourage hate. we are disappointed phil was placed on hiatus for expressing his faith which is his constitutionally protected right. we have had a successful working with relationship with a&e but we cant imagine going forward without our patriarch at the helm. fox news reached out a...