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Poll: April Is Financial Literacy Month. How Financially Literate Are You?
In recognition of Financial Literacy Month in April, CNBC’s Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow., a financial wellness initiative in partnership with Acorns, will offer a variety of actionable personal finance content aimed at helping empower people to develop savings strategies. Poll: April Is Financial Literacy Month. How Financially Literate Are…
Credit Card-To-Bitcoin Conversion Solution For E-commerce (GotBitcoin?)
I would like to see a shopping cart integration solution that allows credit card users to use their credit cards in our shopping carts and have that purchase converted to Bitcoin on our end (merchants). Credit Card-To-Bitcoin Conversion Solution For E-commerce (GotBitcoin?) I want to eliminate chargebacks from credit card…
Hack Alert! Buca di Beppo, Owned By Earl Enterprises Suffers Data Breach Of 2M Cards (#GotBitcoin?)
Buca di Beppo, the Italian restaurant chain, reportedly knew about a data breach that resulted in two million credit card and debit numbers being stolen since Feb. 21 — but waited until the end of March to reveal it. Hack Alert! Buca di Beppo, Owned By Earl Enterprises Suffers Data…
SEC Hack Proves Bitcoin Has Better Data Security (#GotBitcoin?)
Gabriel Benincasa is expected to help identify and mitigate risks following 2016 breach of filings database. SEC Hack Proves Bitcoin Has Better Data Security (#GotBitcoin?) SEC Names Its First Chief Risk Officer The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday said Gabriel Benincasa would become the regulator’s first chief risk officer.…
Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges To Escape Oppressive Financial Compliance And Tax Rules (#GotBitcoin)
A record 4,279 individuals renounced their U.S. citizenship or long-term residency in 2015, according to data released by the Treasury Department. Number of Americans Renouncing Citizenship Surges To Escape Oppressive Financial Compliance And Tax Rules (#GotBitcoin) The Tools To Control The Masses Are Either To Print Money or Raise Taxes,…
My Cat Allergy Is Killing Me, But Cupcake Stays (#GotBitcoin)
Pet lovers endure runny noses, watery eyes, rashes and difficulty breathing to keep their animals close; ‘there are no boundaries’. My Cat Allergy Is Killing Me, But Cupcake Stays (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_9424" align="aligncenter" width="393"] La-Z-Bonz[/caption] When Olivia Lanes’s allergy test came back positive for cats and dogs, she…
The Nemesis of The Rainforests: Peace (#GotBitcoin?)
From Peru to Indonesia, the end of military conflict has enabled new development that hurts tropical ecosystems. The Nemesis of The Rainforests: Peace (#GotBitcoin?) When Colombia’s government signed a peace deal with leftist guerrillas in 2016, it ended one of the world’s longest-running conflicts and inspired hope for the country’s…
The FCC Fined Robocallers $208 Mil. It’s Collected $6,790 Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman Is Incompetent (#GotBitcoin)
America’s telecommunications watchdogs have levied hefty financial penalties against illegal robocallers and demanded that bad actors repay millions to their victims. But years later, little money has been collected. The FCC Fined Robocallers $208 Mil. It’s Collected $6,790 Ajit Pai, FCC Chairman Is Incompetent (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_11299" align="aligncenter" width="600"] FCC…
The Malibu House That Was Prepared For One of The State’s Worst Wildfires (#GotBitcoin?)
Phillip Vogt packed his new dream estate with five bedrooms, a wine library—and every fire-safe feature he could think of. Then the Woolsey Fire came. The Malibu House That Was Prepared For One of The State’s Worst Wildfires (#GotBitcoin?) On the morning of Nov. 9, Phillip Vogt got a phone…
Word To Millennials: The Hidden Dangers Of Automatic-Payment Apps (#GotBitcoin?)
For younger people, the technology has severed the connection between the things we buy and the act of paying for those things. Word To Millennials: The Hidden Dangers Of Automatic-Payment Apps (#GotBitcoin?) To get a sense of how different spending is for my generation than for my parents’ generation, just…
April Is Financial Literacy Month. CNBC Kicks It Off With Special Month-Long Coverage (#GotBitcoin)
In recognition of Financial Literacy Month in April, CNBC's Invest in You: Ready. Set. Grow., a financial wellness initiative in partnership with Acorns, will offer a variety of actionable personal finance content aimed at helping empower people to develop savings strategies. April Is Financial Literacy Month. CNBC Kicks It Off With…
White House Pushes Fed Towards Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?)
Kudlow says Fed should cut rates half a percentage point to protect against slowdown in global economic growth. White House Pushes Fed Towards Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?) President Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to guard against a slowdown in global economic growth, a top White House…