Category: Personal Finance
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Personal Finance
Shopify Joins Facebook-Led Libra Association
by Fioney Staff
It's been a while since Facebook's Libra has been in the news — and, following the last round of headlines it did garner, you'd be forgiven if you assumed the project was dead. However the cryptocurrency effort managed to get a bit of a boost last week. As TechCrunch reports, e-commerce platform Shopify has now joined the Libra Association. The addition of Shopify to the Association comes a few months...
Personal Finance
Survey Shows Late Credit Card Payments Aren't Always About Being Broke
by Fioney Staff
Everyone knows that carrying a balance on your credit card can lead to interest fees, adding to your debt. However there's another expensive risk that consumers may run afoul of: late fees. In fact a new survey from the personal finance site WalletHub finds that 46 million Americans anticipate missing a credit card payment this year for one reason or another. Contrary to what you might assume, the top reason...
Personal Finance
LendingClub to Acquire Radius Bank for $185 Million
by Fioney Staff
As various FinTech disruptors have grown over the years, some observers have theorized that banks would look to acquire these startups in order to integrate their services into their own (which has happened in some cases). However fewer would have guessed that things might end up the other way around — yet that seems to be what's at play for LendingClub. This week the marketplace lender announced that it was...
Personal Finance
Bitcoin.com Introduces Coin-Creation Tool Called "Mint"
by Fioney Staff
In 2017 — when Bitcoin broke-out, reaching a record of near $20,000 per coin — cryptocurrency suddenly became a phrase that even everyday Americans were at least somewhat familiar with. Of course the majority are likely only aware of Bitcoin itself and not any of the other multitude of tokens that exist. But, if you thought there are a lot of token types now, you haven't seen anything yet. Bitcoin.com...
Personal Finance
Fidelity Finds Average Retirement Balances Hit Record High in 2019
by Fioney Staff
During his State of the Union address a couple of weeks back, President Donald Trump continued to tout the strength of the United States economy. Indeed the stock markets did have a strong (albeit bumpy at times) year in 2019 — but how does that impact the average American? Well, according to a new report from Fidelity, between new contributions and market gains, those saving for retirement saw their account...
Personal Finance
Apple Pay Now Accounts for 5% of Global Card Transactions
by Fioney Staff
It may have taken more than half a decade but it seems that Apple Pay is making major inroads. As Quartz reports, Apple Pay share of transactions are on the rise and could reach even larger milestones in the years ahead. Currently Apple Pay payments account for 5% of global card transactions according to data from Bernstein Research. However that's poised to double in the next five years, potentially reaching...
Personal Finance
Money at 30: Rakuten / Ebates vs. Dosh — In 2020 Which is the Better Cashback Tool?
by Kyle Burbank
The idea of earning cash back on your purchases for seemingly no reason is one of those “if it sounds too good to be true…” triggers for many people. For evidence of this, just type in “Is Rakuten…” or “Is Dosh…” into Google and notice how “legit?” is near the top of the autofill options. Let’s get this out of the way: yes, both Rakuten (formerly Ebates) and Dosh are...