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By Tony Sagami On April 6, 202001:24 PM Eastern
Last week, I received a new credit card in the mail. I was puzzled because — my credit card didn’t expire for another three years and I hadn’t reported it stolen.
The account number, the...
By Mike Larson On March 18, 202008:24 AM Eastern
During the midst of the Great Financial Crisis ... in July 2008 ... then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson made a stunning declaration.
Speaking before Congress as the government-backed mortgage...
By Jon D. Markman On February 26, 202001:00 PM Eastern
How cool would it be if you could get what you need from the local grocery store and just leave? No dealing with cashiers. No fuss.
Amazon.com (AMZN) has been fiddling with the idea since 2015....
By Tony Sagami On February 24, 202002:40 PM Eastern
According to the FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report on cybercrime, U.S. businesses and individuals lost $3.5 billion to cybercriminals in 2019.
People reported 467,361 complaints of cybercrime to...
By Tony Sagami On February 17, 202001:49 PM Eastern
Blockchain technology is going to disrupt a lot of industries. And it’ll hit middlemen the hardest.
One of the most glaring examples of middlemen is Western Union (WU). It takes a not-so-small...
By Tony Sagami On February 10, 202003:11 PM Eastern
I talk to a lot of investors. And while most of them know about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, there is widespread misunderstanding about the underlying technology behind them. That...
By Jon D. Markman On December 2, 201904:00 PM Eastern
It’s officially here. Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. By all accounts, companies that have embraced digital are winning, again.
Consumers spent $7.4 billion...
By Mike Larson On November 25, 201902:35 PM Eastern
Preparing for the 2020s is no easy feat.
The decade will be turbulent and predicting that turbulence could be tricky.
You will need a cool head. You will need the benefit of experience.
And...
By Tony Sagami On October 28, 201911:44 AM Eastern
My friend was in tears.
She was about to close on the purchase of a new home when her mortgage broker called. "I'm sorry, but you've been turned down because of your low credit score."
Buying...
By Tony Sagami On October 21, 201901:06 PM Eastern
As I pulled into a paid parking lot, I realized that I didn’t have any cash on me. No problem, there was a Bank of America ATM right just down the block.
I had to wait behind a moron who took so...