Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. A finance charge includes interest rates, origination fees, service fees, and late fees.

The financial sector has not been adverse to technology, however the monumental push by startups in the mid-2010s to disrupt financial sectors, spurred on by governments slackening regulations, forced ...

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