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Credit Suisse shares hit by worries over financial health
Shares in the Swiss bank fell as much as 10% after the bank's boss failed to reassure investors.
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Are The Barriers For Entry in Real Estate Too Low?
Is it too easy to become a real estate agent? Many inside and outside the industry say the answer is YES!
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Apple Card issuer Goldman Sachs ranks first in credit card satisfaction survey
Goldman Sachs, Apple's financial partner and issuer of the Apple Card, has ranked first in customer satisfaction in a J.D. Power survey for the second year in a row. Among midsize issuers, Goldman Sachs topped the charts with a customer satisfaction rating of 843 in the J.D. Power U.S. Credit Card Satisfaction Study, Apple touted in a press release on Thursday. Goldman Sachs also ranked first in 2021 in the same survey.
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Disclosing Problems When Selling a House
Are you going to be selling your home? Do you know the laws in your state when it comes to disclosing problems with your property? Laws vary from state to state on whether a seller must volunteer whether their home has problems or not.
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A Look At the Lightning Network
Examining the scaling method of the Bitcoin network and its evolution from a store of value to a medium of exchange.
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Looking for a Financial Advisor in Athens, Georgia?
Find financial advisors in Athens, Georgia ready to help with your financial planning needs so you can enjoy life with less money stress.
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OneOf NFT Platform Adds American Express as Backer in $8.4M Round
Sustainability-focused non-fungible token (NFT) platform OneOf has raised $8.4 million in a strategic funding round that included Amex Ventures, the venture capital arm of American Express. The credit card company will host an exclusive pop-up event that includes OneOf NFTs, according to a press release provided to CoinDesk.
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Fiat Users Are Playing Hot Potato While Bitcoiners Play Musical Chairs
The economy can be thought of as a complex orchestra. Industry sectors are represented by the choir, strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion. These sectors are all working together as harmoniously as possible to create a seamless experience for the listeners and for themselves. Each individual utilizes the instruments available to them to add value to our collective experience.
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Buy Now, Pay Later Statistics and User Habits
When it comes to financing options, consumers now have alternatives to credit cards in the form of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services. These services such as Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna and PayPal Credit allow consumers to make interest-free installment payments on a purchase over the course of several weeks. According to respondents, 60% say they have used a Buy Now, Pay Later service. Of those, nearly half (46%) are currently making a payment or payments through one of those services.
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Things to Know About Buying Land to Build a Home
Buying land and building a custom home is much more challenging than purchasing a resale home. You need to know what you're doing as it is easy to make mistakes. Let's look at some of the most pressing issues to be concerned about.
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Buy now, pay later: Apple will now lend you money to keep you spending and expand its empire
Apple has established an ever-growing ecosystem in which users are encouraged to tap into Apple products and services as much, and as often, as possible – such as by making payments through their iPhone instead of a bank card.
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Australian watchdog sues Mastercard for allegedly misusing card payment market power
Mastercard has been accused of offering certain merchants cheaper interchange rates if they agreed to process dual-network debit card payments through the Mastercard network rather than other ones, like Eftpos.
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Bitcoin Fixes Everything Because Broken Money Ruins Everything
“Bitcoin fixes this.” — it’s a meme you’ll see if you spend any time talking with Bitcoiners. Dog pooped in the living room? Bitcoin fixes this. Late for work? Bitcoin fixes that too. Ok, maybe it doesn’t fix everything, although I could make a straight faced argument how Bitcoin could possibly fix those. In truth, an absolutely monstrous number of problems are created by broken money and it’s completely not obvious that it’s because of the broken money.
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The Purpose of Comps in Real Estate
Do you know the purpose of "comps" when buying or selling a home? Without comps or comparables it would be awfully hard to determine the fair market value of a property.
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How to Find a Rental Property
Are you looking for a house to rent? If so, you're probably having a challenging time. Inventory levels of homes to rent is very similar to houses for sale. It is ultra low! Finding a rental property is as difficult as it has ever been. You may need to look in places you've never thought of before. Well, you are in luck because that is exactly what we are going to show you.
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The Value of a CMA in Real Estate
When you are buying or selling a home, understanding the value of a property is crucial. If you are selling a home, you don't want to leave money on the table. Maximizing your investment is usually of the utmost importance. Conversely, when purchasing a home buyers don't typically want to pay more than fair market value.
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Bank of England set for 4th straight rate hike to fight inflation
The Bank of England sent a stark warning that Britain risks a double-whammy of a recession and inflation above 10% as it raised interest rates on Thursday to their highest since 2009, hiking by quarter of a percentage point to 1%. The pound fell by more than a cent against the U.S. dollar to hit its lowest level since mid-2020, below $1.24, as the gloominess of the BoE's new forecasts for the world's fifth-largest economy caught investors by surprise.
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Buy now, pay later will soon affect your credit score in the UK
Buy now, pay later giant Klarna says it will start reporting data on customers’ usage of its products to credit bureaus in the U.K., gearing up for incoming regulations aimed at reining in the sector over fears it is putting young people into debt. Starting June 1, the Swedish fintech firm will share information on whether Brits paid off an installment loan in time or are falling behind on their payments to TransUnion and Experian, meaning such data will now start to appear on their credit reports. Klarna has around 16 million users in the country.
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What Does Paying Cash Mean in Property Sales?
When you are selling a house and a buyer offers you cash there are some substantial benefits. The most significant advantage is the fact you won't have to worry about the buyer's finances. It is not out of the question that a buyer will be approved for a mortgage. There are times when a buyer is denied financing.
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Increase Your Chances of Landing a Home With an Appraisal Gap Guarantee
When real estate markets heavily favor sellers like the do now, buyers need to look for any edge they can get. One way to do that is to offer the seller an appraisal gap guarantee. If the house does not appraise, the appraisal gap guarantee says that the buyer will make up the difference in the appraisal gap.
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