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Big retailers get their time to shine as they report earnings this week. The question is whether they can maintain momentum through the rest of 2021.

CNBC | Ari Levy | Aug 11, 2021 If you had any lingering doubts about the growth of fintech, take a peek at Tuesday night's earnings reports from two newly-public companies. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase reported a 12-fold increase in revenue from a year earlier to $2.23 billion. Not to be outdone, online lender Upstart Holdings

Business Insider | Brittany Chang | Aug 15, 2021 Chatter about Tesla's upcoming Cybertruck has subsided since its unveil in late 2019, but that's not stopping designers from imagining its potential uses. This includes Lance King, the CEO of Stream It, a software and artificial intelligence company that's now pivoting to create attachments that can

Proskauer | Jeffrey Neuburger  | Aug 7, 2021 On August 5, 2021, a proposed class action settlement was reached in the closely-watched privacy action against fintech services company Plaid Inc. (“Plaid”).  The settlement features a $58 million settlement fund and certain injunctive relief that would make changes to Plaid’s methods of notice and consumer data

Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin filed a sealed complaint in federal court against NASA on Monday.

If you are married and file taxes jointly, you can open a spousal individual retirement account and have your partner contribute.

High school students and their parents are increasingly concerned about how much college will cost, and yet many are in the dark about the true sticker price.

Employment among the lowest-paid workers remains far below its pre-Covid baseline. But mid- and high-wage workers have more than recovered.

GBBC | Aug 2021 Noteable Investments Kevin Durant and Michael Jordan joined the $305 million funding round, led by Coatue. Bitski raised $19 million in a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Jay-Z and Serena Williams as additional investors. “Bitski is aiming to allow mainstream brands and celebrities to bypass the crypto complexity of

"Never invest anything you aren't willing to lose," said Ben Weiss, co-founder and CEO of CoinFlip, one of the largest bitcoin ATM companies in the U.S.

When a Social Security recipient dies, the benefits for that person end. However, there are cases when survivors are eligible for payments.

CBC | Aug 16, 2021 The party would create new legislation to "open banking so Canadians can connect with fintech companies that can provide a better offer for banking services." The Conservative Party of Canada today released its full 160-page election platform — an ambitious agenda that promises billions of dollars in new spending to

Ledger Insights | Aug 6, 2021 JP Morgan strategist Josh Younger has penned a piece warning that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) need to be designed to avoid disintermediating commercial banks, Bloomberg reports. The topic is one of the key challenges in a retail CBDC design and is widely recognized as a risk. YoYounger put a figure

To the surprise of many new Medicare beneficiaries, the program has some holes and is far from free.

Travel app Elude is built around a "budget-first" search engine that offers users instant options for flights and accommodations within their price range.