Rent-Splitting App Flex Wants to Become an FDIC-Insured Bank
Flex Rent has helped more than 3 million consumers split their rent payments since it launched in 2020. Now the company behind it wants to become... read more »
Adam West is a finance editor for BadCredit.org, where he has interviewed over 500 financial experts and industry movers and shakers to report the latest information, news, and advice on topics related to helping subprime borrowers achieve greater financial literacy and improved credit scores. Adam has more than a dozen years of editing, writing, and graphic design experience for award-winning print and online publications, and specializes in the areas of credit scores, subprime financial products and services, and financial education.
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