Let’s face it, buying Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ether, or any of the other cryptocurrencies is hard. You need a different account with an unfamiliar company that often requires two-factor authorization and has a host of hoops you must jump through. But now all of that might be a thing of the past, as popular mobile payment
Buy now and pay later, with no interest. Sounds like a pretty good deal, huh? With unemployment rates still up around 8%, further uncertainty about additional economic stimulus and another round of potential business closures as cases of COVID-19 tick back up, the timing of flexible payment methods couldn’t be better. Well, thanks to companies
Vice President Joe Biden holds a commanding lead in the national polls, but some are a bit wary of counting out Trump. We all remember how the 2016 election turned out. Hillary Clinton held a large lead in mid-October, but the polls tightened into election day and Trump pulled off the upset. Though the election
It’s been a big year for Square (SQ), the mobile payment facilitator which has been expanding its services to help small businesses adapt to the changing landscape brought on by the pandemic by now allowing retailers to collect payments online. The company’s pivot to an online-first focus has already helped its gross payment volume from
Less than a month ago, mortgage rates fell to a new record low for the 9th time this year, just as home sales pricing continue to score to record highs in certain markets. Regardless of high price tags in recent months, business hasn’t waivered at all, as new- home, pending and existing-home sales, as well as
Banking and payments have gone through quite a transformation over the last few years. Mobile payments like Venmo, owned by PayPal (PYPL) and the explosion of rewards credit cards seem to have made cash nearly obsolete. Major banks like Capital One (COF) and Chase (JPM) have shut down physical locations in lieu of digital-first banking.
It doesn’t take much. Once famed investor, Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), holdings company puts their “stamp of approval” on something, the floodgates usually become wide open. That’s what happened this morning as the Oracle of Omaha’s company backed a deal that has E.W. Scripps Co. (SSP) buying the privately held TV network
After it was leaked over the weekend that several global banks, led by Germany’s largest lender, Deutsche Bank (DB) and JP Morgan Chase (JPM) moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds totally $2 trillion over a period of nearly two decades, despite red flags about the origins of the money, a number a large bank
Offices around the world have gone totally virtual in recent months due to the pandemic and many believe it represents much more than a temporary solution. The pandemic has opened eyes to the efficiency of the remote workspace and could very well usher in a new way of living and working, sparking even more business
It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has ushered in the golden age of contactless… everything. Whether you’re buying a coffee, a taco, a couch, a new TV or in this era, a new facemask, there’s a strong chance your experience won’t include a single human interaction at any stage in the transaction. Much like
The Nasdaq exchange moved higher this morning lead by Amazon (AMZN) and Tesla (TSLA). Telsa’s been digging itself out of hole after crashing Friday and early this week. Investors anticipated the electric car company would be listed on the S&P 500, but Tesla didn’t make the cut and Tesla fell hard, to about 34% off
With unemployment rates still sitting in the double digits and millions of Americans still very unsure about when they could be going back to work, PayPal (PYPL) is delivering some good news. As of this year’s first-quarter, PayPal claims 305 million active customers and 22 million merchants using its e-commerce services, and soon they’ll be
This year has been tough on many businesses across the country, and believe it or not that even includes banks. After reporting a 70% first-quarter decline to kick off 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Company reported on Tuesday that profits at U.S. banks have fallen 70% yet again over the second quarter, compared to last
