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Inflation fears spur shoppers to get an early jump on the year-end holidays

Inflation fears spur shoppers to get an early jump on the year-end holidays

The holiday season is still months away, but consumers are already worried about paying for this year’s gifts.

3 years ago
Marketplace health plan enrollees may have a refund check on the way. Here's how to claim your share of $603 million

Marketplace health plan enrollees may have a refund check on the way. Here's how to claim your share of $603 million

While not everyone who gets coverage this way will get a rebate, it's worth not ignoring mailings from your insurance company.

3 years ago
More Americans tapping buy now, pay later services for groceries 'shows the height of personal desperation,' Harvard researcher says

More Americans tapping buy now, pay later services for groceries 'shows the height of personal desperation,' Harvard researcher says

With food prices at historic highs, more consumers are leaning on buy now, pay later to cover their weekly grocery tab.

3 years ago
A16Z Launches 6 New NFT Licenses Under ‘Can’t Be Evil’ Principle

A16Z Launches 6 New NFT Licenses Under ‘Can’t Be Evil’ Principle

The Defiant | Owen Fernau | Sep 2, 2022 Who owns what when someone owns an NFT? The answer is not always clear. When Actor Seth Green’s Bored Ape was stolen, for instance, it brought plans for a show with the animated character into question. There’s the ambiguity of whether the metadata, the code that


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3 years ago
Top Professional and Financial Risks for Fintech Companies

Top Professional and Financial Risks for Fintech Companies

Marsh | Alexander Phillips | Aug 19, 2022 Fintech companies are subject to some of the same consumer and investor protection regulations as traditional financial institutions, but must balance compliance requirements with the need to innovate, grow, and develop new products. Meanwhile, privacy risks and ever-growing cyber challenges can contribute to significant economic loss and


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3 years ago
Suspected Sanctions Breach?  The UK Forces Crypto Exchanges to Immediately Report

Suspected Sanctions Breach? The UK Forces Crypto Exchanges to Immediately Report

The Guardian | Jasper Jolly | Sep 4, 2022 New rules in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover all notionally valuable digital assets Crypto exchanges must report suspected sanctions breaches to UK authorities under new rules brought in amid concerns that bitcoin and other cryptoassets are being used to dodge restrictions imposed in response


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3 years ago
Consumer Protection:  Fintech Complaints Have Been Rising

Consumer Protection: Fintech Complaints Have Been Rising

Protocol | Ryan Deffenbaugh and Fintech team | Aug 29, 2022 The CFPB received 20,900 complaints last year involving money transfer services (including mobile and digital wallets) and virtual currency companies, the category most closely associated with fintech. That marked a 63% increase from a year earlier, even if they amount to just a small


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3 years ago
A Strategy to Revolutionize Your Body

A Strategy to Revolutionize Your Body

LinkedIn Reinvtenting Life by Deepak Chopra, MD | Sep 5, 2022 How not to think about your body Many situations can be changed one small step at a time, but others require a complete transformation. This arises when a total misconception or practice needs to be overturned. Without realizing it, almost everyone makes a similar


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3 years ago
'There's a lot of people celebrating prematurely': GOP could bring a legal challenge to block Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

'There's a lot of people celebrating prematurely': GOP could bring a legal challenge to block Biden's student loan forgiveness plan

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich suggested student loan borrowers shouldn't bank on forgiveness yet, despite President Joe Biden's announcement last month.

3 years ago
IMF Magazine:  Money Revolution in the Age of Crypto and CBDCs

IMF Magazine: Money Revolution in the Age of Crypto and CBDCs

IMF blog | Gita Bhatt | Sep 1, 2022 The recent plunge in crypto assets has left investors numbed by losses and surely in doubt. But the future of money is undoubtedly digital. The question is, what will it look like? In our latest issue of Finance & Development, some of the world’s leading experts


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3 years ago
A Guide To Online Casino Payments And Registration

A Guide To Online Casino Payments And Registration

Guest Post | Sep 6, 2022 As a result, online casinos have overtaken brick-and-mortar casinos in popularity, especially if one is looking for a no deposit casino. People join online casinos, make Internet deposits, and play for real money because of the wide range of games, generous bonuses, and accessibility from any location or device.


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3 years ago
General Ledgers and How They Work for Entrepreneurs

General Ledgers and How They Work for Entrepreneurs

Guest Post | Sep 6, 2022 A general ledger is a master document that contains a company’s transactions categorized neatly. It has a detailed record of financial statements such as cash flow, income statements, and balance sheets. The detailed transactions combined form a trial balance. A list of each account used, its beginning and ending


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3 years ago
Ernst & Young Expected to Spin Off Consulting Arm by Late 2023

Ernst & Young Expected to Spin Off Consulting Arm by Late 2023

WSJ | Jean Eaglesham | Sep 5, 2022 Decision to push ahead with proposal to spin off consulting arm could lead to firm splitting in late 2023 The accounting giant’s global executive committee, which oversees the firm’s 312,000-person worldwide network, met on Labor Day to put the finishing touches to the plan for a worldwide


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3 years ago
U.S. travelers are getting bigger discounts in much of Europe amid favorable euro-dollar exchange rate

U.S. travelers are getting bigger discounts in much of Europe amid favorable euro-dollar exchange rate

The U.S. dollar is trading near a two-decade high relative to the euro. Here's how Americans can take advantage when traveling abroad.

3 years ago
Canada’s Open Banking Working Committees Flag ‘Governance’ as the Latest Gap

Canada’s Open Banking Working Committees Flag ‘Governance’ as the Latest Gap

Betakit | Kelsey Rolfe | Sep 6, 2022 Concerns over competing interests between FinTech startups and financial incumbents have existed since the start of the process. Governance is the latest battlefront Working group participants from the FinTech community and those familiar with the talks expressed concern that delaying governance decisions could hamstring the system, leaving


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3 years ago