“Rich people love to Venmo request you $4.72 for like half a bagel because they have no concept of money and don’t understand that working class people operate under an economy of buying someone a beer,” one X user mused. “Friend making $450k as a software engineer: ‘Can you Venmo me $3.62 for your share …
With the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) having gained massive popularity for an array of transactions, depositors will soon be able to use this phone banking interface service to deposit cash at cash deposit machines (CDMs) at ATMs and bank branches. Although it is a natural progression in the continuum of fintech evolution we are all …
Image Credits: Copilot / Intuit is winding down budgeting app Mint this week and that’s become good news for competitor Copilot. Mint’s demise represents both the end of an era and proof that consumers want more from their finance app, founder Andres Ugarte told TechCrunch. The New York-based CEO started the subscription-based personal finance tracker …
My Two Cents Financial-advice columnist Charlotte Cowles answers readers’ personal questions about personal finance. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo: Getty Images In less than two weeks, the budgeting app Mint — which once had 3.6 million active users, including me — will shut down forever. According to its parent company, Intuit, Mint wasn’t making enough …
Users of Apple’s AAPL, -0.66% buy-now-pay-later platform will soon have their payment history reported to one of the major credit bureaus, but it won’t affect their credit scores — at least not yet. The announcement marks the latest move by credit bureaus to gradually incorporate buy-now-pay-later data into their models as this type of debt …
Missed the boat on Nvidia’s booming artificial intelligence-fueled rally? Investors can still get on the A.I. bandwagon with this age-old chip darling. While the Nvidia (NVDA) gravy train may seem to have left the station for many, Qualcomm (QCOM) remains a compelling alternative for investors hungry to participate in the AI revolution. In Qualcomm’s recent …
Klarna, a major buy-now, pay-later provider, is offering a new monthly subscription for its customers for $7.99. The biggest attraction? It eliminates service fees. “The main proposition of Klarna Plus right now is that you don’t pay any service fees,” Klarna Chief Marketing Officer David Sandstrom said in a statement. “So if you love Klarna …
TravelPerk CEO and co-founder Avi Meir. TravelPerk TravelPerk primarily uses AI technologies like machine learning and neural networks in the back end to help automate a lot of the manual tasks involved in corporate travel — for example, connecting users with the best prices for flights and accommodation. “Traditionally, if you look at legacy players, …
Janina Steinmetz | Digitalvision | Getty Images There are 11.4 million more messages sent globally from January 1st to February 14th — Valentine’s Day — compared to the rest of the year. Similarly, 58.7 million more likes are sent during this period, according to global internal data from dating app Tinder. “Everyone is back from …
The era of free dating apps may be over: Companies are trying to boost revenue, while single people increasingly feel the apps are the only way to find love. Some 35% of Americans who have used a dating website or app have paid to do so at some point, according to a recent report by …