PayPal to halt UK crypto sales until 2024
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON Payments giant PayPal will stop allowing UK customers to buy cryptocurrencies through its platform
2023-08-17 02:50
Nevada GOP Senate candidate raised money to help other candidates -- the funds mostly paid down his old campaign's debt instead
Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to "help elect Republicans" but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign. The group donated less than 7% of its funds to the candidates it was set up to support, according to campaign finance records -- a move one campaign finance expert likened to using the PAC as a "slush fund."
2023-08-12 22:30
New Zealand plans to require large firms to report gender pay gaps
New Zealand's government plans to compel large businesses to report the state of their gender pay gaps in a bid to increase equity in the workplace, the country's Minister for Women Jan Tinetti announced Friday as the ruling Labour party gears up for an election fight.
2023-08-11 11:53
Credit card and car loan delinquencies pass pre-Covid levels as consumers get squeezed
More Americans are failing to make payments on their credit cards and auto loans, another sign of rising financial pressure on consumers.
2023-08-10 23:20
Where people have to choose between food or home insurance
Extreme weather and climate change are driving up home insurance costs, forcing some into desperation.
2023-08-10 07:52
Congresswoman Waters 'deeply concerned' about PayPal's stablecoin launch
Democrat Congresswoman Maxine Waters said on Wednesday she was "deeply concerned" about payment giant PayPal launching its own
2023-08-10 02:16
UPS driver pay deal in US to be worth $170,000 a year, firm says
The shipping giant warns of lower profits after it agreed a deal to avert a US drivers' strike.
2023-08-09 02:55
PayPal bets on crypto's future with US-dollar-backed stablecoin
PayPal is rolling out its first stablecoin as it attempts to capitalize on the "emerging potential" of US dollar-backed digital tokens for consumer payments.
2023-08-08 02:17
Paytm Founder Sharma to Buy 10.3% Stake From Ant Affiliate
Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma will buy a 10.3% stake from an affiliate of China’s Ant Group Co.,
2023-08-07 11:49
Japan issues rare warning over fake X account
The account on the platform formerly known as Twitter impersonated Japan's top currency diplomat.
2023-08-04 11:57
You'd have to work five lifetimes to make what your boss makes in one year, report shows
The gulf between a CEO's paycheck and their typical employee's has always been vast. But the advent of AI is already threatening to exacerbate that gap, enriching the C-suite at the expense of their employees, according to a new report from the AFL-CIO.
2023-08-04 06:00
CEO pay averaged $16.7 million last year at S&P 500 companies, a decline
By Ross Kerber S&P 500 chief executives made $16.7 million on average in 2022, 272 times the pay
2023-08-04 03:17