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Alternative finance refers to financial channels, processes, and instruments that have emerged outside of the traditional finance system, such as regulated banks and capital markets. [1] Examples of alternative financing activities through 'online marketplaces' are reward-based crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, revenue-based financing, online ...
Honorary colonel (Louisiana) Thomas Andrew Parker (born Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk; June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997), [1] commonly known as Colonel Tom Parker, was a Dutch-American musical entrepreneur. He was best known as the talent manager of Elvis Presley. Parker was born in the Netherlands and entered the United States illegally when he ...
Alternative financial services in the United States refers to a particular type of financial service, namely subprime or near-prime lending (that is, lending to people with relatively poor credit) by non-bank financial institutions. This branch of the financial services industry is more extensive in the United States than in some other ...
Corporate title. Corporate titles or business titles are given to corporate officers to show what duties and responsibilities they have in the organization. Such titles are used by publicly and privately held for-profit corporations, cooperatives, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, partnerships, and sole proprietorships that ...
Chartered Financial Analyst. The Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program is a postgraduate professional certification offered internationally by the US-based CFA Institute (formerly the Association for Investment Management and Research, or AIMR) to investment and financial professionals. The program teaches a wide range of subjects relating ...
Collar (finance) In finance, a collar is an option strategy that limits the range of possible positive or negative returns on an underlying to a specific range. A collar strategy is used as one of the ways to hedge against possible losses and it represents long put options financed with short call options. [1] The collar combines the strategies ...
An alternative financial service (AFS) is a financial service provided outside traditional banking institutions, on which many low-income individuals depend. [1][2] In developing countries, these services often take the form of microfinance. [3] In developed countries, the services may be similar to those provided by banks and include payday ...
Chime Financial, Inc. is a San Francisco–based financial technology company that partners with regional banks to provide certain fee-free [4] [5] mobile banking services. The company offers early access to paychecks, negative account balances without overdraft fees, [2] high-yield savings accounts, [5] peer-to-peer payments, [6] and an interest-free secured credit card. [7]