Will You Get a State Child Tax Credit Payment in 2024? Find Out Here

The 2024 tax season is starting soon, and you may be looking for all the tax credits you’re eligible for. If you have kids, you probably already know whether you’re eligible for the federal child tax credit of up to $2,000 per child. If you live in one of these 14 states, you might qualify for additional child tax … Read more

Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — MyPillow chief executive and prominent election denier Mike Lindell said Friday that Fox News has stopped running his company’s commercials, disputing the network’s assertion that it is simply because he hasn’t paid his bills. Lindell went public by tweeting that Fox, which had been one of MyPillow’s biggest advertising outlets, had canceled … Read more

This Oklahoma man owes $51K on his RAM truck with a payment of $1.1K/month — plus has mortgage and motorcycle debt. Caleb Hammer responds

‘It’s a fourth of your freaking take-home pay’: This Oklahoma man owes $51K on his RAM truck with a payment of $1.1K/month — plus has mortgage and motorcycle debt. Caleb Hammer responds A single purchase can completely change your financial situation. That’s what Taylor from Oklahoma City found out when he purchased his truck. His … Read more

Terran Orbital receives key payment from Rivada Space, adjusts year-end cash balance

Terran Orbital has updated its anticipated financial results for the years-end after the company received a long-awaited payment from its largest customer, Rivada Space Networks. The news, announced today, confirms earlier reports from TechCrunch that Terran CEO Marc Bell was expecting at least some payment from Rivada before the close of the year. Rivada, a … Read more

This Connecticut physician leases a Toyota RAV4 with a $718/month payment — insists she ‘needs’ an SUV for the snow. Caleb Hammer responds

‘Justification, justification, justification’: This Connecticut physician leases a Toyota RAV4 with a $718/month payment — insists she ‘needs’ an SUV for the snow. Caleb Hammer responds Even newcomers aren’t immune to America’s auto loan crisis. Aleena, a 31-year-old physician on a U.S. work visa, pays a hefty $718 per month to lease her Toyota RAV4. … Read more

Nonprofit Code.org sues Byju’s unit WhiteHat Jr over payment dues

Code.org, the US educational non-profit, has filed a lawsuit in a California district court alleging that Byju’s subsidiary WhiteHat Jr breached a licensing contract by failing to pay fees while continuing to use Code.org’s platform. WhiteHat Jr, which sold to Byju’s for $300 million in 2020, partnered with Code.org last year and agreed to pay … Read more

Amazon will no longer accept Venmo as a payment option starting next month

Amazon is dropping Venmo as a payment option next month, the PayPal owned mobile payment service announced on its website. The official announcement comes as Amazon notified users last night via email that Venmo will no longer be accepted on Amazon.com starting January 10, 2024. Amazon will still, however, accept Venmo debit and credit cards. … Read more

X is now licensed for payment processing in a dozen US states

Elon Musk is moving forward with his plans to turn the company formerly known as Twitter, now called X, into an “everything app” that includes its own payments system. The company in late November was granted three additional money transmitter licenses in the U.S. states of South Dakota (on Nov. 27), Kansas (on Nov. 28), … Read more

Robinhood CEO says payment for order flow is ‘here to stay’

Vlad Tenev, co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, rings the opening bell at the Nasdaq on July 29, 2021. Source: The Nasdaq Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says he doesn’t believe that the payment for order flow (PFOF) model of market-maker routing that the company incorporates in the U.S. is under threat. That’s despite calls from notable … Read more

Is your X ad revenue sharing payment smaller than you expected?

Now that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has managed to repeatedly send out its ad revenue sharing payments on time without any last-minute delays, engineer Eric Farraro is answering questions from users who still aren’t getting the payments they expect. Reasons include: 1) X users only earn ad revenue from other paying X … Read more