Lisa Ellis Senior Managing Director, MoffettNathanson Lisa Ellis is a Senior Research Analyst at MoffettNathanson, a division of SVB Securities, and leads the Payments, Processors, and IT Services business. Prior Read more
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Opinion: Plan for the worst-case scenario of lower expected Social Security payments by finding income elsewhere
If your retirement date falls after 2034, the current estimate of your future Social Security benefits may not hold up. That’s when the government fund that sends out the monthly Read more
Don’t let a one-week holiday trip become six months of credit card payments. Here are 3 tips for keeping travel costs down.
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. In 2022, holiday travel is predicted to continue climbing back toward its pre-COVID-19 level, according to travel booking app Hopper. That means Read more
Visa, Mastercard facing FTC probe over debit-card competition on online payments
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc.’s security tokens restrict debit-card routing competition on online payments, according to people familiar with the matter. The FTC Read more
‘Lease offers are horrible.’ Average payments are up 384%, but here are 7 reasons leasing a car can be better than buying.
Leasing a car was once a popular and flexible way to finance a new vehicle. But increases in car prices, low inventories and rising interest rates have forced the practice Read more
With high house prices, down payments peaked in 2022. They increased the most in these 5 cities.
Faced with stiff competition in the U.S. housing market over the last year, home buyers upped their down payment to reach a record of $66,000 in May, according to a Read more
Fannie Mae launches pilot program to include on-time rent payments in credit reports. Here’s why this could be a game changer for renters.
When tenants pay their rent on time, it largely fails to improve their credit scores, while homeowners reap the benefits of better credit by making their mortgage payments. That lopsided Read more
Merck and Orna Therapeutics to collaborate in deal entitling Orna to up to $3.5 billion in milestone payments
Merck MRK, -0.46% and privately held Orna Therapeutics said Tuesday they have agreed to collaborate to discover and develop programs, including vaccines and therapeutics, in the fields of infectious disease Read more
WWE discloses additional $5 million in payments from former CEO Vince McMahon
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. WWE, +0.66% said Tuesday that two additional payments totaling $5 million made by former chief executive Vince McMahon in the past should have been recorded in Read more
Tax-free crypto payments? Senators propose bill for transactions under $50
A new bill proposed by two U.S. Senators would make cryptocurrency transactions for less than $50 tax-exempt. The Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act of 2022, which was proposed by Republican Read more
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