New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the office of the Attorney General on July 13, 2022 in New York City.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesA group of 42 state attorneys general are calling on Meta to curb the rise of investment scams on Facebook...
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Walmart is using its own fintech firm to provide credit cards after dumping Capital One
A Capital One Walmart credit card sign is seen at a store in Mountain View, California, United States on Tuesday, November 19, 2019.Yichuan Cao | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWalmart's majority-owned fintech startup OnePay said Monday it was launching a pair of credit cards with a bank partner for customers of the...
Swiss government proposes tough new capital rules in major blow to UBS
A sign in German that reads "part of the UBS group" in Basel on May 5, 2025.Fabrice Coffrini | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Swiss government on Friday proposed strict new capital rules that would require banking giant UBS to hold an additional $26 billion in core capital, following its 2023...
Trump says ‘extremely hard’ to make a deal with China’s Xi as trade stalemate fuels calls for leaders to talk
Aly Song | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it was "extremely hard" to make a deal with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, at a time when the White House has been suggesting the two leaders could talk this week amid rising trade tensions.Scott Bessent, U.S. Treasury secretary, said Thursday...
‘Fantasy math’ masks tax bill’s U.S. debt impact, GOP lawmaker said. What the deficit means for your money
Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe massive package of tax cuts House Republicans passed in May is expected to increase the U.S. debt by trillions of dollars — a sum that threatens to torpedo the legislation as the Senate starts to consider it this week.The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...