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Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace

Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace

TechCrunch | Mary Ann Azevedo | May 26, 2021 The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other. Well, today, an announcement by global payments giant Visa is aimed at helping facilitate banks and fintechs’ ability to


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Fintech Startup WALO Goes Live With A Gamified Financial Literacy App for Kids and Parents

Fintech Startup WALO Goes Live With A Gamified Financial Literacy App for Kids and Parents

WALO Technology | Rim Charkain | May 25, 2021 Canadian Fintech WALO is pleased to announce the launch of its first official product, WALO Plug™, a mobile app to teach kids financial responsibility. QUEBEC CITY, QC, CANADA, May 25, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- To celebrate the launch, WALO offers, for a limited time only, their solution


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Older Americans are not delaying their retirement despite Covid-19, research shows

Older Americans are not delaying their retirement despite Covid-19, research shows

The pandemic caused an unprecedented spike in unemployment among older workers. Still, many don't plan to push their retirement dates further out.

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Lockheed Martin and GM partner to develop new moon buggy for NASA astronauts and cargo

Lockheed Martin and GM partner to develop new moon buggy for NASA astronauts and cargo

Lockheed Martin and General Motors are partnering to develop a new lunar vehicle for NASA's upcoming astronaut missions to the moon.

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Fighting inflation with a reverse mortgage. What retirees need to know

Fighting inflation with a reverse mortgage. What retirees need to know

Retirees worried about rising costs may consider a reverse mortgage to take pressure off their investment portfolio and fight inflation.

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Guy Fieri is on a mission to help save restaurants hit by pandemic

Guy Fieri is on a mission to help save restaurants hit by pandemic

Food Network star and restaurateur Guy Fieri raised $21 million for restaurant workers. Now he's distributing $300,000 in grants to owners.

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Keeping the expanded child tax credit would help 65.6 million American kids

Keeping the expanded child tax credit would help 65.6 million American kids

Ninety percent of U.S. kids would benefit from the expanded tax child tax credit proposed in President Biden's American Families Plan, a study finds.

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Cathie Wood’s space exploration ETF sells its last few shares of Virgin Galactic

Cathie Wood’s space exploration ETF sells its last few shares of Virgin Galactic

Ark Invest's space exploration ETF sold its last remaining shares of Virgin Galactic on Tuesday.

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Billionaire Ray Dalio says he owns bitcoin, and its ‘greatest risk is its success’

Billionaire Ray Dalio says he owns bitcoin, and its ‘greatest risk is its success’

CNBC | Taylor Locke | May 24, 2021 Though billionaire investor Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has previously expressed concern about the future of bitcoin, he has also noted that the cryptocurrency earned his respect. Now, he reveals, “I have some bitcoin,” Dalio told CoinDesk during its 2021 Consensus


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Why income inequality is growing at the fastest rate among Asian Americans

Why income inequality is growing at the fastest rate among Asian Americans

The income gap within the Asian American community is growing at a faster rate than any other ethnic group. Here's why, and what's being done about it.

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Savvy mom leveraged 529 savings plans to give her son a debt-free college education

Savvy mom leveraged 529 savings plans to give her son a debt-free college education

Author and parent Patricia Roberts started saving in 529 plans for her son's college education when he was a baby. Now, he'll be graduating debt-free.

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Earn less than $75,000? You may pay nothing in federal income taxes for 2021

Earn less than $75,000? You may pay nothing in federal income taxes for 2021

A recent report shows that on average, taxpayers with income under $75,000 will have no 2021 tax liability after deductions and credits.

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Axiom Space lines up second private flight to the ISS, led by record-holding astronaut Peggy Whitson

Axiom Space lines up second private flight to the ISS, led by record-holding astronaut Peggy Whitson

Axiom Space on Tuesday announced that retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and auto racer John Shoffner will lead the company's second private spaceflight.

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Women were struggling with student debt before Covid. Their problems could get worse

Women were struggling with student debt before Covid. Their problems could get worse

Women, especially Black women, have paid the highest price during the student loan crisis. The pandemic could set these borrowers back even further.

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Couples may score a bigger tax break with this flexible spending account strategy

Couples may score a bigger tax break with this flexible spending account strategy

Married couples can maximize the increased dependent-care flexible spending account limit with proactive tax-planning moves, financial experts say.

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