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Personal Finance
IRS Increases Standard Deduction, Tax Bracket Incomes for 2020
Everyone knows that tax season doesn't really get underway until at least February as citizens scramble to complete their returns before April. However, with the end of the calendar year just ahead, the Internal Revenue Services — better known by the simple initials IRS — is already talking taxes. This week the agency officially revealed changes for the 2020 tax year, including an increase to the standard deduction and adjustments...
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Survey Shows Several Deferred Interest Misconceptions
While the infamous "Black Friday" that officially kicks off the holiday shopping season may still be a few weeks away, many consumers are already making their lists and checking them twice. During this process, buyers might come across special "0% interest" offers, seemingly allowing them to finance big-ticket items without paying extra. However, as a new survey from WalletHub highlights, such deals might not be what they seem, with many...
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Deserve Announces $50 Million Round Led by Goldman Sachs
Another FinTech (or FinTech-adjacent) firm has just announced a big fundraising round. As TechCrunch reports Goldman Sachs is leading a $50 million Series C for Deserve. Also joining the round are previous investors Sallie Mae, Aspect Ventures, Mission Holdings, Pelion Venture Partners, and Accel. Although Deserve's co-founder and CEO Kalpesh Kapadia stated that this latest round would lead the company to profitability, he declined to disclose what valuation the round...
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Venmo Announces Rewards Program for Debit Cardholders
In just the past couple of years, the number of FinTechs offering their own debit card products has exploded. Thus it only makes sense that these companies would want to find new and creative ways to incentivize use of these various cards. That seems to be the playbook popular peer-to-peer payments app Venmo is following, announcing the rollout of Venmo Rewards for Venmo Card users. With Venmo Rewards, cardholders will...
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WalletHub Highlights "Scary" Financial Survey Results
If you were awakened by a few bumps in the night, it may have been the sound of the Federal Reserve dropping interest rates again — or it could just be that today is Halloween. Although the holiday is often associated with such terrifying sights as zombies, ghouls, and goblins, such fictional beings are no match for the real-life horrors that often haunt us. Chief among those fears for many?...
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Grocery Chain Reverses Swipe Fee-Related Visa Card Ban
After months of turning away Visa cards at their Foods Co. and Smith's locations in several states, the chains' parent company Kroger has announced that Visa will once again be accepted at all of its stores. Although a spokesperson for the company confirmed the news to Business Insider, they declined to comment on the reason for the reversal. Previously the company accused Visa of charging "excessive" fees on transactions and...
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