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Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks

Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic dead stars.

Chime proves that financial branding doesn’t have to be boring

Chime proves that financial branding doesn’t have to be boring

JKR builds a banking brand with personality.

Chime to buy Salt Labs for as much as $173M in push to expand ahead of possible IPO

Chime to buy Salt Labs for as much as $173M in push to expand ahead of possible IPO

Salt Labs’ CEO, whose career arc has been tumultuous, will join Chime.

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Astronomers get closer to solving the lingering mystery of fast radio bursts

Astronomers using the CHIME telescope are looking at strange, one-off cosmic explosions with a new angle. This could bring us closer to solving the lingering mystery of fast radio bursts.

Elusive Fast Radio Bursts In Space Probably Come From the Most Ordinary Galaxies

The 28 fast radio bursts CHIME observed had some from galaxies like ours, with middle-of-the road gas density and fairly modest magnetic fields.

Top Ways Americans Managed Their Money In 2023

Over 75% feel more confident that they’ll be able to achieve their goals in 2024.

Millennials led the consumer fintech revolution post-2008. Here’s why Gen Zers are about to do the same

The ground is shifting again–and it looks strikingly similar to the early 2010s.

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Chime Financial doesn't need buildings to build trust

Chime Financial doesn't need buildings to build trust

In fact, chief experience officer Janelle Sallenave says being digital-native has helped it build better products for customers.

What Purchases Give Americans The Most Bang For Their Buck?

Americans admit that only about half (55%) of the purchases they make are “worth every penny,” according to new research.

In Space, The Dead Scream — Now Scientists Are Finally Listening

In Space, The Dead Scream — Now Scientists Are Finally Listening

Most fast radio bursts are one-off events that never seem to repeat, but a recent study suggests astronomers just need to be patient.

Jason Lee's last startup to launch in a month

Jason Lee's last startup to launch in a month

Jason Lee's last startup was DailyPay, which raised over $1 billion, including $175 million in equity capital and the remainder in a revolving credit facility and a term loan. (SVB Capital, the venture capital and credit investment arm of SVB Financial Group, provided a small portion of the DailyPay term…

The 10 best secured credit cards for 2024

The 10 best secured credit cards for 2024

We compared dozens of secured credit cards across numerous financial institutions and weighed minimum account deposits, annual fees, credit limits, rewards, and more.

Payday Friday is becoming payday Wednesday, thanks to banks and credit unions

Payday Friday is increasingly coming one or two days early — on Wednesday or sometimes Thursday.

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Should you bank with Chime? Our 2023 review

Should you bank with Chime? Our 2023 review

The fintech company has checking and savings accounts but no money market or CDs.

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IPO outlook: After a boom and bust in recent years, 2023 may be the year unicorns Stripe, Chime, and Instacart list shares

The IPO pipeline closed in 2022, but there’s reason to believe that it may reopen as 2023 gets underway.

Hot Upcoming IPOs to Watch

The most exciting upcoming IPOs include data intelligence platform Databricks and Elon Musk's SpaceX.

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Closed accounts, no money: Chime app users complain they were suddenly shut out of their online accounts

Consumers have filed hundreds of complaints saying accounts with the popular fintech app were closed without warning. The company says it can close them “for any reason or no reason.”

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App doles out refunds after Sun-Times report, where to go apple picking in Illinois and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chime refunds $977 amid Sun-Times questions, as neo-bank apps face thousands of consumer complaints

Roderick Woodson of Morgan Park saw $997 mysteriously drained from his Chime Financial account in minutes. The company restored his money after a Sun-Times reporter asked: What happened?

A Canadian telescope wants to measure the Universe’s expansion — it found a “heartbeat”

An ambitious project in Canada recently found a "long" 3-second fast radio burst, which could unearth what causes this weird phenomenon.

7 Hot Upcoming IPOs to Watch For in 2022

There were a record 1,035 IPOs on the U.S. stock market in 2021. Of these, 159 have returned profits to investors. This means that last year, an investor had a 15.36% chance of investing in an IPO that would generate returns. Of the highest returning IPOs of 2021, some include:

Nubank's NYSE Debut has Served as a Much Needed Stock Market Guinea Pig for an Uncertain Fintech Industry

With a powerful collection of some of Wall Street’s most esteemed backers behind the challenger bank, Nubank’s December 2021 IPO was a watershed moment across the whole of the fintech landscape. After its first full quarter as a public company, it’s clear that the performance of NU is going to…

Robinhood Fires Up Rivalry With PayPal and Other Fintech With Latest Launch

Robinhood Markets Inc's (NASDAQ:HOOD) Robinhood Money launched a new debit card to allow spare change investing, Reuters reports. Consumer finance apps like Chime and Acorns Grow Inc allowed spare change investing that lets users invest small amounts of money, which is very popular among younger users. Now Robinhood users could round up their change…

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Meta, Chime File Lawsuit against Alleged Phishing Scam on Facebook, Instagram

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in phishing attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial accounts. The lawsuit, which is the first joint complaint between Meta and a…

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