Getting to Know Oussama Hamouti of January
- Oussama Hamouti is good at saving the best for last. His best answers — that he and his wife didn’t know they were having a baby until two hours before it happened — are all the way at the bottom of the profile. But being last isn’t something Hamouti is used to. The first official sales hire at January has come a long way in two short years. Read on to learn more about Oussama, why he never just reads one book at a time, and why educating himself is so important.
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Judge Denies Competing Summary Judgment Motions in FDCPA Case Over Botox Purchase
- A District Court judge in Nevada has denied competing summary judgment motions from both parties in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case, ruling that it isn’t totally clear whether the debt in question — the purchase of Botox — is covered under the FDCPA.
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Title Lender Reaches $6M Settlement with Pennsylvania AG
- The Attorney General of Pennsylvania has announced a settlement with a national auto title lending company that will see it pay $2 million back to consumers in the form of restitution and cancel nearly $4 million of existing loans, after it was accused of making loans to residents of the state that had interest rates exceeding 300%.
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Tech Giants Take Stand Against Proposed CFPB Rule
- A trade group representing tech companies has started fighting back against a proposal from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would give the regulator power over the companies and anyone else involved in digital wallets and payments apps.
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Solutions by Text and Prodigal Join Forces to Transform Consumer Finance with AI-Powered Intelligence
- Solutions by Text (SBT), the enterprise messaging and payments platform for consumer finance businesses, today announced its partnership with Prodigal, the pioneer of AI-powered consumer finance intelligence.
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WORTH NOTING: DuoLingo is replacing 10% of its staff with AI translators … How to get healthy without going to the gym … You can have your own Travis Kelce at your Super Bowl party this year, if you are so inclined … “Managing Up” has replaced “Bare-Minimum Mondays” and “Quiet Quitting” … Fans of Fruit Stripe gum are not going to happy reading this news … Is Nick Saban the greatest college football coach ever? … What about Bill Belichick’s place on the Mount Rushmore of football coaches? … Consumers are growing more confident about the economy.
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