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Will Let Shoppers Pay Merchants by Holding Phones Together Apple said it plans to introduce a contactless payment option later this year that will let businesses use iPhones to process transactions in stores without any additional hardware, competing with services like Square. The new “Tap to Pay” feature will allow […]

Visa Partners With Over 65 Crypto Platforms — Crypto-Linked Card Usage Soars Despite Price Volatility Visa has now partnered with more than 65 crypto platforms and exchanges. In addition, the payments giant revealed that crypto-linked card usage exceeded $2.5 billion in the first fiscal quarter, “which is already 70% of […]

The UK’s payments watchdog has set out new rules designed to inject more competition into the market for card acquiring services. The consultation follows a review published in November which found that the supply of card-acquiring services does not work well for merchants with annual card turnover of up to […]

It is a shopper’s dream. A $250 coat can be bought for $50, hundreds of dollars of makeup can be sent to your door for just $20. The catch: you will eventually have to pay the full price of the purchase. But for now, only a fraction has to come […]

freemixer | E+ | Getty Images If you’re like most Americans, you do not have a formal plan for what will happen to your assets when you die. Just 46% of Americans have made provisions for how their money and estate should be handled, a 2021 Gallup poll found. Those […]

EmirMemedovski | E+ | Getty Images Prices are rising, and that has many Americans concerned about their financial outlook for the year. Inflation surged 6.8% in November from a year ago, the fastest pace since 1982, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. People are paying more for everything, from […]

This could well be the year that inflation starts to smack the stock market. The current episode of What’s Ahead explains why. Investors need to understand that there are two kinds of inflation: monetary and nonmonetary. Last year most of the increases in prices came from pandemic disruptions, made worse […]

The American AAdvantage program is being radically transformed as of 2022, with the introduction of Loyalty Points. One of the interesting new opportunities here is to earn AAdvantage elite status exclusively through credit card spending. Since this opportunity is now “live,” I wanted to do some number crunching on the […]

Every month I make a post with what I consider to be the best credit card offers at the time, with a particular focus on the best travel credit cards. With it being a new year, it’s a great time to start getting your points earning strategy in order, so […]

Many Americans aren’t feeling optimistic about their money next year. Fully 26% believe their financial situation will get worse in 2022 and 42% believe it will stay about the same, a survey from Bankrate found. The financial website, through YouGov Plc, polled 2,450 adults Nov. 29-Dec. 1. Respondents lay the […]