by Data Age | Nov 13, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business News, Customer Service, Industry, Marketing, News, TV
On December 6, 2014, the National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) is celebrating Musical Instrument Gift Day, where pawnbrokers from around the country make generous donations of musical instruments to organizations in need. Learn more at http://www.GiftDay.org....
by Data Age | Nov 10, 2014 | Business, Compliance, News, underbanked
Weekly Wrap: Merging the GSEs: http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/weekly-wrap-merging-the-gses-does-choke-point-hurt-the-unbanked-1071098-1.html
by Data Age | Nov 5, 2014 | Business, Business News, Compliance, Laws, News
Pawnshops in Singapore grew to 204 last year from 163 in 2010 SINGAPORE — The Government is looking to amend laws governing pawnbrokers to ensure they keep up with the industry’s evolving business practices. These include removing the existing auction system, under...
by Data Age | Nov 4, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, Business News, Education, New to the Industry, News
New data released yesterday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, showed that 68 million adults in America are disconnected from the financial system in some way. Currently, 17 million are unbanked—meaning they do not have any bank accounts at all—and...
by Data Age | Oct 27, 2014 | BE ON THE LOOKOUT, Business, News, Technology
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s mobile payment technology ran into a roadblock a week after its introduction as CVS Health Corp. (CVS) and Rite Aid Corp. (RAD), part of a consortium developing a competing system, disabled Apple Pay in their drugstores....
by Data Age | Oct 22, 2014 | Business, Industry, Management, Marketing, News
Question: I’m having challenges with attracting and retaining younger employees. Do you have any thoughts about keeping millennials interested and challenged so they don’t jump ship after 18 months on the job? Answer: millennials—those born between about 1980 and...
