Doug Lebda: A Fintech Visionary Who Redefined Consumer Lending Doug Lebda, the founder and longtime CEO of LendingTree, transformed how Americans shop for loans by pioneering one of the first online marketplaces for financial products. Under his leadership, LendingTree grew into a multibillion-dollar fintech platform empowering consumers to compare mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans […]
Which MBA founders and their startups have pulled in the most outside funding over the past five years? In its October 2025 release, Poets & Quants asked top business schools to submit data on startups founded from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2024, as long as at least one founder held an MBA in
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Walmart is taking a bold step toward challenging Amazon’s dominance in online retail by embedding AI and “agentic commerce” into its shopping experience. The company recently announced a collaboration with OpenAI that lets customers and Sam’s Club members buy items directly through ChatGPT using an “Instant Checkout” feature. But that’s only one front. Walmart is
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reaffirmed that the central bank remains on course to cut interest rates at its upcoming meeting, citing a cooling job market despite persistent inflation pressures. He also signaled the Fed may be nearing the end of its three-year effort to passively shrink its $6.6 trillion balance sheet, marking a possible
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