JPMorgan Chase is refusing to pay a monthly pension to a widow whose husband worked at the bank for 10 years before his untimely death. Elaine Silverberg’s departed spouse Melvyn worked as a systems analyst at Chase Manhattan Bank from 1969 to 1979, reports the New York Post. Melvyn died in 1988 due to multiple […]
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A group of residents in one US city will soon receive thousands of dollars from a new guaranteed income pilot program. Officials in the city of Salem, Massachusetts say they had to abruptly close registrations for Uplift Salem due to an “astounding” amount of demand. The program will distribute a total of $600,000 to people […]
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A Mississippi trucker is reportedly fighting to get his life savings back after police seized it during a traffic stop. In September of 2020, Rae Young Chung was in his truck delivering auto parts to a business in Georgia when he was pulled over by a narcotics officer. According to court documents, Chung was pulled […]
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The US Department of Justice says it’s apprehended six men accused of stealing over $400,000 from ATMs in New York. The men allegedly used a device to infect the New York ATMs with malware, forcing them to dispense all the cash they contain in a relatively short period of time in a scheme known as […]
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Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says markets are getting a boost from $6 trillion that’s been sitting on the sidelines. In a new interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Lee says that the massive amounts of liquidity at the ready may now be more relevant for determining whether markets remain in an uptrend than macroeconomic data. “We’ve kind […]
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The lessons from recent hurricanes shouldn't be ignored. It’s time to upgrade internet infrastructure and position people to achieve financial sophistication.
Hurricanes and other natural disasters remind us that our ambitious human efforts to build financial technologies and new forms of digital money can easily be rendered futile. Paying for Uber rides with a contactless card, trading Bitcoin, and using Venmo and Cash App to make purchases can often be a mechanical, effortless exercise. In a disaster zone, however, all of this is vanity. Surviving natural disasters requires citizens to spend money on food, water, and other basic necessities — and doing that without cash on hand is an unexpected and impossible dilemma.
When natural disasters shatter banks and power grids, how do citizens in the storm’s path of destruction transact? How should communities prepare for financial meltdowns precipitated by Mother Nature?
Natural disasters not only cause widespread destruction and trauma, they drive local economies to a dead halt. Based on survey evidence, Pew Research Center concluded that seven in 10 Americans (72%) reported at least one personal experience with extreme weather in 2024. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) also reported that 81 major disaster declarations have already been made in 2024 so far, which is double the number that was recorded two years ago.
Police in a major US city are looking for suspects as reports of people receiving fake $100 bills spread across the community. Authorities in Clare, Michigan say at least five phony $100 bills were discovered inside an Isabella Bank branch, reports Newsradio WSGW. The bills all carry the same phony serial number and were deposited […]
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Customers at American Express, JPMorgan Chase and Capital One have racked up billions of dollars in unspent credit card points – but the value of those rewards is decaying. The financial giants’ customers are sitting on a staggering $34 billion worth of unused rewards as of 2023, reports the Wall Street Journal, citing annual reports. […]
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Energy giants are preparing to pay $50 million to settle allegations that they conspired to fix the price of gas. Vitol, SK Energy Americas and its parent company SK Trading International are accused of working together to raise the price of gas in violation of California’s Cartwright Act and Unfair Competition Law. Without admitting wrongdoing, […]
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Bidders have pushed the price for a rare US dime to a staggering $250,000 – and they’re likely just getting started. If past is prologue, the online auction for this 1975 dime will close at more than half a million dollars when it ends on October 27th. The rare dime is missing the letter “S”, […]
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