Since the day it was created, Republicans have talked about dismantling or defanging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). With the surprise election of Donald Trump as the next president, and continued Republican control of Congress, the GOP will certainly have that chance. It won’t be easy, however. The brainchild [Keep reading]
Sometimes, it’s easy to miss the forest through the trees, and it’s easy to miss the big picture through the data analysis. The story of the 2016 Presidential election is a simple one — Democrats somehow lost 10 million voters between 2008 and 2016. Contrary to the popular narrative du [Keep reading]
Here’s a new kind of ID theft you have to worry about: App ID Theft. Retail apps are cool again, but be careful what you click on. The New York Post revealed recently that Apple’s App Store is getting crowded with fake impostor apps. They appear to be legitimate retail [Keep reading]
The seemingly endless election season is over, and now the real work begins: What will a Donald Trump presidency mean for your money? The folks at Grow asked me to have a story on this natural topic ready for early this morning — well, inside baseball, I had two stories [Keep reading]
In case you haven’t noticed, polls are in trouble. They missed Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination. They missed Brexit. They badly missed the 2014 Congressional elections. And so on. Gone are the glory days — during the first Clinton era – when the science of polling was [Keep reading]
There are times when Americans have been able to show an honorable amount of restraint in their communications. World War II and its “Loose Lips might Sink Ships” campaign, for example, when folks bit their tongues and said nothing about where family members might be when fighting in Europe or [Keep reading]
A simple, decade-old hacker trick likely led to the hacking of critical Hillary Clinton staff members. If John Podesta can fall for it, with the Presidential election at stake, so can you. So listen up. I know I sound like a broken record when I warn people to think before they click, [Keep reading]
It’s much easier to steal $1 million from one person than $1 from a million people, so naturally that’s where identity thieves have taken their “industry.” Small-dollar credit card fraud is old, tricking corporations into wiring millions of dollars overseas is in. (This story first appeared on Credit.com. Read it [Keep reading]
When Sam Largent opened his second bar in the Seattle area, he thought he’d take a bold risk: No cash allowed. Well, no physical currency, anyway. All customers must pay with plastic. Debit and credit only; no greenbacks welcome. “Dealing with cash brings a lot of issues,” says Largent. Like [Keep reading]
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