In this article VZ MA Mastercard and Verizon announced Tuesday a new partnership focused on 5G contactless payments for consumers as well as small- and medium-sized businesses. They hope to have some innovations from the partnership by 2023. The collaboration aims to enable businesses to use emerging payment technologies to turn smartphones in to cash
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In this article WMT COST BJ Shoppers stock up on merchandise at a Sam’s Club store on January 12, 2018 in Streamwood, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images For Sam’s Club shoppers, a trip to the store typically means lugging home big and often cumbersome items. A month’s supply of diapers. Lawn chairs. Large cartons
Signage for digital payment services Alipay by Ant Group, an affiliate of Alibaba, and WeChat Pay by Tencent are displayed outside a currency exchange in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. Chan Long Hei | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — As China’s anti-monopoly and data security crackdown creeps into restrictions on U.S.
Dubai is already home to the world’s tallest building. Now it can lay claim to the world’s deepest diving pool too. Deep Dive Dubai opened on July 7, just 10 days after being named the world’s deepest diving pool by the Guinness World Records. The new indoor pool is nearly 200 feet deep and holds
In this article SPCE NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday commended Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson after he traveled to the edge of space as a passenger on his company’s VSS Unity spacecraft. “We put up Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom into suborbit 60 years ago, and now we’ve come to this, and I think
In this article DFS Last year, many high school seniors dramatically changed their expectations about the future. This year, more students are getting back on track. Nearly two-thirds of parents, or 63%, said their child’s post-high school plans have returned to what they were before the global pandemic, according to a report by Discover Student
File a tax return extension for the first time this year? Here are a few things to consider before the Oct. 15 extension deadline. 1. E-file for a faster refund. If you believe you’ll receive a refund after filing, the quickest way to get your money is to e-file your return using a trusted tax
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Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg arrives for his arraignment hearing in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Allen Weisselberg, the long-time chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, has been removed from several subsidiaries of that
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifies during a U.S. House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee hearing on coronavirus crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 22, 2021. Graeme Jennings | Pool | Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is tasked this week with convincing Congress that the ultra-easy policies the central bank has followed during
Sterling notes and coins are laid out for a photo. Matt Cardy | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus pandemic has further widened the U.K.’s wealth gap, with the richest 10% of households seeing an average gain of £51,238 ($70,977) during the crisis, according to a new report. The U.K.’s poorest households, meanwhile, saw their
Art at the cryptocurrency conference Bitcoin 2021 Convention at the Mana Convention Center in Miami on June 4, 2021. Marco Bello | AFP | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies are in a summer slump as they navigate a two-month correction period following a string of negative stories. Trading volumes at the largest exchanges, including Coinbase, Kraken, Binance
Allyson Felix celebrates with her daughter Camryn after finishing second in the Women’s 400 Meters Final on day three of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon. Patrick Smith | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images When runner Allyson Felix heads to Tokyo to compete in the Olympics, she’ll go
In this article RDFN A home stands for sale in a Brooklyn neighborhood with a limited supply of single family homes on March 31, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images For more than a year now, the housing market has been a perfect storm for sellers, but the winds may finally
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In this article ANF AEO LULU GPS A TikTok logo seen displayed on a smartphone. Filip Radwanski | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images When a Lululemon skort went viral across TikTok earlier this summer, 16-year-old Kylie knew she had to get her hands on it. But by the time she was searching for
Sheldon Cooper | LightRocket | Getty Images ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, reportedly scrubbed plans for an offshore listing after government officials asked the company to focus on data security risks. The Beijing-based tech giant had been weighing an initial public offering of all or some of its businesses in the U.S. or Hong
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Climate change has been one of the biggest topics of 2021, but private capital specifically, is still in a very nascent stage in making progress in this space. TPG’s Executive Chairman Jim Coulter is raising one of the very few climate funds in existence. Here he is
Rolf Bruderer | Tetra images | Getty Images The greatest wealth transfer in history is underway, and taxes may take a bite from inheritances without proper estate planning, financial advisors say. It’s estimated that nearly 45 million U.S. households will transfer more than $68 trillion over the next 25 years, according to Cerulli Associates. Baby