Author: Fioney Staff
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National Gas Price Average Falls to Under $2 Per Gallon
Given the numerous challenges facing Americans today, it seems any piece of good news is welcome. With that in mind, drivers may be pleased to know that gas prices are falling. In fact, new data shows that the average price just dropped below a major milestone. According to the app GasBuddy, the price for a…
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HMBradley Launches Digital Banking Product that Rewards High Savings Rates
When the Federal Reserve made two emergency cuts to interest rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many formerly high-yield savings products lost a bit of their luster. Meanwhile a growing trend in FinTech online banking offerings (which typically come via partnerships with actual banks with FDIC deposit insurance) has been to peg interest rates to different…
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Plastiq Raises $75 Million For Stronger Pivot to Small Business Owners
Even in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, it seems that deals are still getting done. This week Plastiq announced it had raised a whopping $75 million as part of its latest round. The Series D was led by B Capital Group, while existing investors Accomplice, Kleiner Perkins, Top Tier Capital Partners, and Khosla Ventures…
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Crypto.com Partnering with Three Crypto Tax Providers
Just because Tax Day has officially been moved to July 15th doesn’t mean that individuals don’t need to be thinking about their 2019 returns. Moreover, with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taking an enhanced interest in cryptocurrency capital gains in recent months, it would behoove crypto holders to make sure they’re in compliance with the…
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How Will Americans Spend Their Emergency Stimulus Checks?
With the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacting the lives of millions, this week the United States Congress has been attempting to pass a massive stimulus bill that would offer relief to some workers and businesses. As of this writing, the details of an apparent deal reached in the Senate are not available but it is currently…
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Facebook Establishes a $100 Million Small Business Grant Program
For as much grief as Facebook often gets from regulators, politicians, and everyday citizens alike, the company has proven itself to be strong allies of small businesses nationwide and globally. Thus, in this time of unprecedented challenge to entrepreneurs, the social network is stepping up to help. Last week Facebook announced that it formed a…
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Credit Sesame Announces Sesame Cash Digital Banking Offering
Believe it or not, yet another FinTech is ready to play challenger bank, unveiling plans for a checking account and debit card. Recently the free credit score site Credit Sesame announced its new offering Sesame Cash. While existing Credit Sesame customers can now join the waitlist for the new product, it is expected to roll…
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Tax Day 2020 is Now Officially July 15th Federally
Following a previous announcement that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would push back the 2019 tax payment deadline to July, the agency has not decided to delay the filing cut off as well. As a result, for 2020, Tax Day will not be on April 15th but July 15th instead. Like with the payment deadline…
