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Visual Capitalist:  Inflation Rates and Interest Rate Hikes by Country

Visual Capitalist: Inflation Rates and Interest Rate Hikes by Country

Visual Capitalist | Jenna Ross | Jun 24, 2022 This graphic uses data from central banks and government websites to show how policy interest rates and inflation rates have changed since the start of the year. It was inspired by a chart created by Macrobond. Rising Interest Rates and Inflation With inflation rates hitting multi-decade


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Understanding The New V2P and P2V Metaverse Commerce Models

Understanding The New V2P and P2V Metaverse Commerce Models

Forbes | Cathy Hackl | Jul 5, 2022 Physical and Virtual Look at any Target or Walmart store on a Saturday and watch as customers perfectly dominate the essence of physical-to-physical commerce. In fact, just the experience of being in a physical location leads most customers to make purchases far beyond their shopping lists. That’s


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4 years ago
Voyager Digital Faces Delisting from the TSX and Files For Bankruptcy

Voyager Digital Faces Delisting from the TSX and Files For Bankruptcy

IBD | Harrison Miller | Jul 6, 2022 Voyager Digital (VOYGVF) is the latest casualty from the Terra and LUNA cryptocurrency collapse. Voyager filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late Tuesday. The crypto broker, which has been suffering from the default and liquidation of Three Arrows Capital, suspended all activity on its platform last week. The


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4 years ago
74% of consumers are concerned about a recession: 5 steps you can take now to prepare

74% of consumers are concerned about a recession: 5 steps you can take now to prepare

Recessions are part of the normal economic cycle. Whether one is in the near future or further out, here's what you can do to get ready.

4 years ago
These 5 metros have the most million-dollar homes: If you're selling, here's what to know about the tax consequences

These 5 metros have the most million-dollar homes: If you're selling, here's what to know about the tax consequences

A report finds million-dollar homes are most likely to be in metropolitan areas on the coasts. Here's what to know when selling a high-value property.

4 years ago
Report:  More Than Half of the World’s Unbanked Adults Live in Seven Economies

Report: More Than Half of the World’s Unbanked Adults Live in Seven Economies

World Bank Group | Jul 5, 2022 The benefits of financial inclusion have spurred efforts to expand account ownership and productive usage. Since 2011, the Global Findex survey has documented growth—at times incremental and at times dramatic—in account ownership across more than 140 economies. The Global Findex 2021 survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic—a


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4 years ago
Washington leaders agree Social Security needs to be fixed — but proposed tax increases are a key sticking point

Washington leaders agree Social Security needs to be fixed — but proposed tax increases are a key sticking point

Congressional leaders can agree on one thing — Social Security needs to be fixed before the program's funds are unable to pay full benefits in 2035.

4 years ago
Here's how investors can avoid violating ‘wash sale rules’ when realizing tax losses

Here's how investors can avoid violating ‘wash sale rules’ when realizing tax losses

If you're eager to take advantage of tax-loss harvesting in a down market, you need to know how the "wash sale rule" works, according to experts.

4 years ago
[FINTRAC 101 Presentation and Q&A, Jul 19 and 21]: For business engaged in crowdfunding platforms services

[FINTRAC 101 Presentation and Q&A, Jul 19 and 21]: For business engaged in crowdfunding platforms services

FINTRAC | Laura Colella | July 5, 2022 The recent amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (PCMLTFR) and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Administrative Monetary Penalties (PCMLTFAMP) Regulations now cover crowdfunding platforms as money services businesses (MSBs) or foreign money services businesses (FMSBs) under the


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4 years ago
Binance CEO Raises Red Flag on Massive Chinese Data Leak

Binance CEO Raises Red Flag on Massive Chinese Data Leak

BeINCrypto | David Thomas and Kyle Baird | Jul 4, 2022 Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao sounded the alarm on a massive data leak of one billion Chinese residents that went up for sale on the dark web. Twenty-three terabytes of data containing names, addresses, birthplaces, national IDs, phone numbers, and criminal case information was


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4 years ago
Supreme Court limited EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s how investors can buy a carbon-conscious fund

Supreme Court limited EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Here’s how investors can buy a carbon-conscious fund

The Supreme Court limited the EPA's authority to regulate planet-warming emissions. Investors who want to make an impact can consider a carbon-conscious fund.

4 years ago
Meta’s money transfer service pilot, Novi, is shutting down this September

Meta’s money transfer service pilot, Novi, is shutting down this September

Fortune | Olga Kharif | Jul 1, 2022 The remainder of the cryptocurrency project that Meta Platforms Inc.’s Founder Mark Zuckerberg took a beating over from Congress is officially shutting down. Meta’s Novi pilot—a money-transfer service using the company’s own cryptocurrency digital wallet—will end on Sept. 1, the service said on its website, a link


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4 years ago
Luxury car buyers shell out more than ever with 'car payments that look more like mortgage payments'

Luxury car buyers shell out more than ever with 'car payments that look more like mortgage payments'

The share of new-car buyers with a monthly payment of more than $1,000 jumped to a record high, according to Edmunds.

4 years ago
Unconstitutional financial surveillance?  Advocacy group Coin Center is suing the US government

Unconstitutional financial surveillance? Advocacy group Coin Center is suing the US government

The Verge | Corin Faife | Jun 21, 2022 Last week, Coin Center filed a legal challenge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, naming as defendants Janet Yellen as a representative of the Treasury Department, IRS commissioner Charles Rettig, and US attorney general Merrick Garland on behalf of the


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4 years ago
Teen workers in a hot summer job market can use the 'greatest money-making asset' to their advantage, says CPA

Teen workers in a hot summer job market can use the 'greatest money-making asset' to their advantage, says CPA

For teenagers looking for summer work, opportunities — and wages — are looking up. Here's how they can make the most of their first paycheck.

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