Banking


After Equifax Settlement, Should You Opt For Free Credit Monitoring Or $125? Finally, The FTC Has An Answer

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Millions of people have already visited FTC’s site for claims since the settlement was announced a week ago. Read more

Buying Prescription Drugs, Hijacking Your Cell Phone — And Other Crazy Things Hackers Use Your Data

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Capital One said this week that more than 100 million people had their data hacked Read more

Trump Administration Reducing The Size Of Loans People Can Get Through FHA Cash-out Refinancing

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‘People really started using their homes as ATMs, and when the market plummeted they ended up upside-down.’ Read more

The Moneyist: Should I Accept My Fathers Offer To Pay $280K For Medical School? He Wants To Withdraw Money From His IRAs And 401(k)

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‘I am worried that if he pays for my tuition, he will not be able to retire comfortably.’ Read more

Commodities Corner: Why Gold Is Falling After The Fed Decision To Cut Interest Rates

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Gold didn’t see a bullish price reaction to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to cut key interest rates for the fi... Read more

Earnings Outlook: Square Earnings To Focus On Cash App Progress, Profit Trajectory

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Square Inc. is expected to give updates on its continued efforts to make money off the Cash App when the company reports... Read more

Why It Could Get More Difficult For Americans To Get Approved For A Mortgage

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Would-be minority and low-income buyers could be especially hard-hit by this policy change at the CFPB. Read more

Heres Where The 2020 Presidential Candidates, Including Elizabeth Warren And Kamala Harris, Stand On Affordable Housing

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‘California, perhaps the epicenter of unaffordable housing, is scheduled to have its primary earlier than in past elec... Read more

The Moneyist: Im A Full-time Caregiver For My Father — Dont I Deserve More Money Than My Siblings?

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This man says his sister is ‘money hungry’ and believes he has given up a lot to be a caregiver. Read more

FTC Warns About Fake Equifax Sites Popping Up After Company Agreed To $700M Payout

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Consumers affected by the Equifax breach can opt for $125 instead of 10 years of credit monitoring. Read more

The Number One: This Is The Worst State To Have Credit Card Debt

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Residents in this state are carrying the highest median balance, and also take the longest to pay it off. Read more

The Technical Indicator: Charting The S&P 500s Jagged July Breakout Attempt Ahead Of The Fed

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Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks are concluding July on a bullish note, digesting potentially consequenti... Read more

Earnings Results: Mastercard CFO Talks Up Asia Opportunity, Non-card Momentum After Company Beats On Profit

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Mastercard Inc. topped profit expectations on Tuesday while continuing to show strong growth in cross-border payments. ... Read more

100 Million Capital One Customers Were Hacked — Heres What You Should Do Next

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As millions of Americans wonder, ‘Was my data breached in the Capital One hack?’ here’s everything you need to kno... Read more

Revolut Appoints Metro Bank Director David MacLean As CFO

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Revolut has confirmed that Metro Bank finance director David MacLean will leave his current post to take up the role of... Read more

Goldmans Hatzius Sees No Need For A Fed Rate Cut: MarketWatch Weekly Sit-down

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Goldman Sachs Chief Economist sat down with MarketWatch to discuss the outlook for Fed monetary policy ahead of the cent... Read more

Deep Dive: These Dividend Stocks Havent Been Scooped Up By Investors Yet

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Dividend stocks are more important than ever as central banks around the world keep interest rates low. Read more

The Moneyist: My Childrens Stepmother Wont Return Family Heirlooms And Gifts They Gave Their Late Father — How Can We Get Them Back?

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‘Many things our children gifted to him for Father’s Day, Christmas and birthdays. Some still bare their inscription... Read more

The Moneyist: Ive Taken Care Of An 85-year-old Man For Two Years — He Attempted Suicide And Now Wants To Leave Me His Home

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‘I love this man dearly as I have never had a father or grandfather in my life, but he has late-stage dementia.’ ... Read more

Buffett Buys More Bank Of America Stock, With Stakes Value Rising To $29 Billion

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Bank of America Corp. is by far Warren Buffett’s favorite bank, as his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has boosted its stake i... Read more