Kathleen Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced the plan to eliminate almost every regulation requirement affecting the payday loan industry.

Having privilege in society makes it easier to become successful that those without. Privilege is not a guarantee but it is definitely a head start.

Finland is experimenting with the idea of universal income — providing tax-free income — and the results are showing that this method could be successful if implemented nationwide.

Striving to eliminate the economic and political power that billionaires can exercise should be an overarching goal for the American people.

Big tech is causing a panic in the mortgage market. Tech companies are attempting to use their platforms to penetrate the financial services industry. Banks must now focus their efforts on technological systems in order to stay in the competition.

The folks at Village Capital over the last decade have been running a social science experiment that raises some interesting questions about whether the powers that be in Silicon Valley investing are really that all-knowing.

BB&T and Suntrust are now joining forces making them the sixth-largest US bank. The company will operate under a new, yet currently undetermined, name and its headquarters will be in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A wall was created in the 1930s for the sole purpose of segregating black and white residents. This wall still stands today — only for symbolic purposes — and is located only six miles away from the White House.

The racial wealth gap is increasing and the top 1% is getting wealthier.

Montana, Utah, and their surrounding states are experiencing rapid rates of forest decimation and this is resulting in large amounts of carbon emission.