UMass will pay student who made half-court shot $10,000 even though his foot was on line
A UMass student who made a half-court shot during a women’s basketball game halftime promotion will get his $10,000 prize from the school itself after the insurance company refused to pay because, it ...
How Long Has This Been Going On? And Other Severance Questions.
Seven Severance Questions is a weekly attempt to digest the events of one of television’s twistiest shows by highlighting the ...
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Affirm's 0% loans, cards, chart a path to profitability
The buy now/pay later lender outperformed nearly every analyst estimate in its fiscal Q2 2025 earnings report. CEO Max Levchin said the company is 5 months out from positive GAAP operating income.
Fans Who Paid $100 To Play Civilization 7 Early Call It 'Unfinished'
Long-time fans grapple with new changes to a beloved and complex strategy series, alongside the usual flood of initial ...
Put A Lid On It: The Sanders-Hawley Bill Wants To Cap Credit Card Rates. Here’s What You Need To Know
A political odd couple is joining forces to lower credit card interest rates. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Josh ...
This is what happens when Buy Now, Pay Later loans are folded into FICO scores
After a detailed study with Affirm, FICO is considering a scoring model that incorporates BNPL loans, offering the ...
What Is Deferred Interest, and How Does It Work?
Deferred interest is when your interest payments are placed on hold for a specific amount of time. But if you don't pay off the balance in full by the time your deferred interest window closes, you ...
Gen Z is less buzzed about BNPL than you'd think
Buy-now, pay-later services like Klarna and Afterpay seemed to be having a moment with Gen Z, but attitudes might be changing ...
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Credit By Another Name
The business-to-business (B2B) BNPL transaction works similarly to the business-to-consumer (B2C) BNPL transaction. After a ...
0% Financing Is An Attractive But Overused Model—Here’s How To Deploy It Right
New strategies can turn this consumer-favorite approach into a proper win for everybody if we start with a clear vision of ...
Buy now, pay later installment payments increase retail spending, study finds
Researchers from Imperial College Business School and University of Leeds published a Journal of Marketing study that ...