Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Money at 30: "Buy the Avocado Toast" Book Review
by Kyle Burbank
There sure are a lot of stereotypes about Millennials, aren't there? Nevermind the fact that most media outlets don't seem to know what even constitutes a "Millennial," my generation has often been regarded as lazy and entitled, with other baseless assertions being peppered in over time. One of the more recent (yet still played out) additions to the list of Millennial tropes is that we all blow our money on...
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FinTech Banking Platform Oxygen Announces $17 Million Funding Round
by Fioney Staff
After what seemed to be a fairly successful year in the world of FinTech (all things considered), new deals are already rolling in. This week, Oxygen announced that it had raised $17 million in funding. The Series A was led by Runa Capital with participation from such firms as Inventures, S7V, 1984.vc, EFG Hermes, and Rucker Park. Additionally, individual investors including Deutsche Bank's Frank Strauss, Plaid's William Hockey, Teachable's Ankur Nagpal,...
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Second Round of Stimulus Payments Now Being Sent Out
by Fioney Staff
More than eight months after the first round of stimulus checks started being sent to many Americans as part of the CARES Act, more payments are now on their way. In a press release, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department announced that directly deposited funds would begin arriving as early as last night and would continue throughout the week. Additionally, paper checks will begin to be mailed starting today....
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Active Home Listings Reach Record Low as 2020 Nears an End
by Fioney Staff
Just as the United States economy proved to be a bit of a roller coaster in 2020, the housing market saw similar shakeups and interesting trends. Now, with the year coming to a close, we can see just how wild things were. Additionally, even as cold weather takes over, the market for homes appears to be quite hot. According to the latest data from Redfin, active home listings fell to...
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Money at 30: Top 5 Personal Finance Apps and Tools to Watch in 2021
by Kyle Burbank
Each year, I end up reviewing/re-reviewing plenty of different FinTech apps and tools. Along the way, in the back of my mind, I'm keeping track of which of these offerings I'll feature on my best-of list for the new year. Now the time has come for such a list — although I'm instating a bit of a twist this time around. For my 2021 list, I decided to not only...
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Majority of Americans Have Money-Minded New Year's Resolutions
by Fioney Staff
With 2020 coming to an end, people around the world are now looking to what changes they'll strive to make starting on January 1st. According to a recent survey conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by Slickdeals discovered that 73% of Americans have New Year's Resolutions for 2021 that involve matters of money. What's more, respondents said they wanted to sock away an average of $327 per month during the new...
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SEC Files Lawsuit Against Ripple
by Fioney Staff
Despite all the negativity that 2020 had to offer, cryptocurrencies have actually enjoyed a fairly successful year all things considered. Case in point: Bitcoin is currently trading for more than $23,000 after finally breaking through the much-eyed $20k mark earlier this month. However, one token may be in for a dramatic end to 2020 (and start to 2021) as Ripple is now the target of a Securities and Exchange Commission...