What Are Prediction Markets? Kalshi, PredictIt and Polymarket

Prediction markets are moving into the mainstream, giving investors a new way to watch crowd expectations – and a risky way ...
Maryland Reporter

Using Hardship Loans Through a Crisis: What Every Parent Should Know

Financial challenges can happen to any family, often when they are least expected. A medical emergency, temporary job loss, reduced work hours, or unexpected household expenses can place serious ...
WSAW

Wisconsin students use prediction markets as experts warn of “public health crisis”

MADISON, Wis. (Gray) - A University of Wisconsin-Madison business student predicts politics on prediction market platforms, wagering on foreign election outcomes and what President Trump will say ...
Reuters

India cenbank proposes allowing lenders to curb usage of phones bought on loans in case of default

May 20 (Reuters) - India's central bank on Wednesday proposed allowing lenders to remotely restrict or disable functions of a mobile phone or tablet bought on credit in cases of ‌default in loans used ...
Wired

The US Is Using AI to Hunt Down Insider Trading on Polymarket

CFTC chairman Michael Selig sat down with WIRED to discuss how the agency scours Polymarket and other prediction markets for illegal activity. Now, however, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ...
KSL

More shoppers using short-term loans for essentials: Here's how to keep them in check

SALT LAKE CITY — Shoppers used to use "buy now, pay later" to buy life's finer things: 4K televisions, gaming consoles, designer handbags, etc. Now, a lot more people are using short-term loans for ...
Newsweek

Student Loan Update: Millions of Borrowers Now in Default After Big Changes

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Millions of Americans with student loan debt are now officially in ...
Wall Street Journal

The Average Student-Loan Defaulter Is Nearly 40 Years Old

Millions of borrowers are defaulting on their student loans, and they are nearly 40 years old on average. That is nearly 2½ years older than the profile of a student-loan defaulter before the pandemic ...
AOL

4 Ways Your Student Loans Could Be Affecting Your Credit

What do you mean that the cost of your education can directly impact what kind of mortgage loan you can get for a house? Well, if you're thinking about taking out student loans for a new degree or you ...
Business Insider

They were told their private student loans were paid off. Then they were sued.

This is the first story in Business Insider's new series, "Student debt spiral," examining the companies, policies, and financial pressures reshaping how Americans navigate college loans. In February ...
The Real Deal

Starwood faces default on $265M hotel portfolio loan

Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group is staring down the barrel of another major commercial real estate default. A $265 million loan taken out in 2018 by a Starwood affiliate against a ...