Free tax filings were not widely known among low-to-medium income taxpayers as some commercial tax preparation services did their level best to hide them until the IRS got pissed. Trump’s trade war has made every American a loser to some degree, small to big, but nonetheless, losers. Despite demand for housing and low rate mortgages,…
Cannabis credit cards are beginning to grow across the U.S. with the explosion in THC and CBD marijuana dispensaries. One of the largest operators in the medical cannabis industry, with licenses in 15 jurisdictions in the US and the EU, just completed a pilot in New York State, now going nationwide by the end of…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its rule to restore consumers’ rights to join together in class actions to challenge financial fraud, scams and wrongdoing in court. By prohibiting class action bans, the rule will restrict financial industries’ use of forced arbitration—a tactic big banks, payday lenders and other companies use (often by burying…
