Published on: 2025-06-06 04:16:02
Venmo aims to be more than just an app for paying friends with its latest update. On Wednesday, the PayPal-owned payment platform debuted several new debit card benefits and expanded the ability to make payments with retailers such as TikTok Shop and Uber. The updates signal Venmo is trying to become more of a full-service fintech service, not just a peer-to-peer payments app. The revamped Venmo Debit Card, which was first introduced in 2018, now features a tap-to-pay capability, which could h
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-11 16:30:03
If you're enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education repayment plan, expect your student loan payments to increase. Getty Images/CNET If you're one of the eight million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, you may have seen student loan payments as low as $0. With the SAVE plan officially struck down, you might be worried about how much you'll be required to pay in the future. Although the Department of Education offers several other income-dri
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-14 23:50:00
Payments likely won't resume before the end of the year. But when they do, yours are likely to go up. Getty Images/CNET The Biden administration's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan offered relief to millions of federal student loan borrowers. Under this income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, around 8 million borrowers would have seen their monthly payments capped at a portion of their income -- with roughly half of these borrowers owing $0 per month. But with SAVE officially struck down,
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-22 20:00:02
Getty Images/CNET About 8 million federal student loan borrowers had hopes of smaller monthly payments and lower lifetime costs when the Biden administration rolled out the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan in 2023. But with SAVE officially shot down, you may be worried about how your monthly payments could change. Under income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, many borrowers who fell below certain income levels have had their payments lowered to $0 per month since March 2020. T
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-24 11:00:00
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images/CNET Costco recently announced it's partnering with Affirm to offer its customers Buy Now, Pay Later plans for online purchases between $500 and $17,500. This BNPL plan lets you split a purchase into up to 36 payments across several months, and charges interest. A typical pay-in-four BNPL that you may be familiar with lets you split a purchase into four weekly payments, with no interest. However, using a BNPL plan isn't necessarily always a good deal, and un
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-12 12:05:18
is a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. German iPhone users are starting to report that they’re now able to use PayPal’s tap-to-pay feature at in-store payment terminals, according to German tech site iPhone Ticker. The new capability, which PayPal announced earlier this month, is a result of the EU forcing Apple to open iPhone NFC chips up for third-party contactless payments under the Digital
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 07:54:55
Many horses, including Spotify and Amazon's Kindle Store, have already left the barn. But Apple is moving quickly to shut the external payments door opened by last week's ruling that the company willfully failed to comply with court orders regarding anticompetitive behavior. In an emergency motion filing late Wednesday (PDF), Apple described US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' "extraordinary Order" as including an injunction that "permanently precludes Apple from exercising control over c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-19 12:54:55
Many horses, including Spotify and Amazon's Kindle Store, have already left the barn. But Apple is moving quickly to shut the external payments door opened by last week's ruling that the company willfully failed to comply with court orders regarding anticompetitive behavior. In an emergency motion filing late Wednesday (PDF), Apple described US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers' "extraordinary Order" as including an injunction that "permanently precludes Apple from exercising control over c
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-22 16:04:20
The latest version of Patreon’s iOS app allows creators in the US to accept payments outside of Apple’s App Store payment system. First seen by TechCrunch, the 125.5.0 update released on Monday enables Patreon creators to link out to web payments, avoiding the up to 30 percent commission that Apple charges on in-app purchases. This follows the Epic v. Apple ruling on May 1st that blocks Apple from imposing fees on purchases made outside of apps. The expected Patreon update joins Spotify, Amazon
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 00:08:54
Apple has approved an update to Spotify’s iPhone app that makes it the first major app to support direct links for US users to pay for plans on an external site, without restrictions. Apple has been forced to change its rules on external payments following an order in its ongoing case against Epic Games. The updated app, version 9.0.40, is rolling out now on the App Store. “In a victory for consumers, artists, creators, and authors, Apple has approved Spotify’s U.S. app update,” Spotify spokesp
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-30 00:31:18
Payments processing software provider Stripe is ready to help iOS app developers bypass Apple’s cut of App Store transactions. Following yesterday’s ruling in the Apple-Epic antitrust trial, where Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers outright shamed Apple for not permitting external payment links in apps as she had previously ruled, Stripe shared documentation that shows iOS developers how to avoid the Apple commission. In a post on X, Stripe product manager Michael Luo said the team “cooked up a quic
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-30 04:32:15
is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Patreon is planning to submit an update to its iOS app that will let creators accept payments outside of Apple’s payment system, spokesperson Adiya Taylor tells The Verge. The planned update follows yesterday’s major Epic Games v. Apple ruling that blocks Apple from collecting fees on payments made outside of apps. “This is a huge moment for creators and their businesses,” Ta
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-04 04:32:47
Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 Payments, at the New York Stock Exchange on June 3, 2021. Fintech stocks were in focus Tuesday as fresh earnings reports and analyst notes drove sharp reactions across the sector. Shift4 Payments and Upstart Holdings surged following upbeat news, while PayPal shares were slightly higher despite delivering a strong earnings beat. Shift4 shares rose more than 10% after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and raised its full-year guidance
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 04:57:04
Cyber attack causes further chaos for M&S shoppers It said it had stopped processing contactless payments, had paused the collection of click and collect orders in stores, and warned of delays to online order deliveries. However, it has since confirmed it has been forced to take some systems offline as part of its "proactive management of the incident." It told the BBC on Wednesday that customer-facing systems were back to normal. Customers began reporting problems on the weekend, with the r
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-14 00:00:00
filo/Getty Images Bilt Rewards, a points program best known for its Mastercard backed by Wells Fargo, lets people earn rewards on rent payments, which are often their largest monthly expense. Now, the company is trying to help make a dent in its customers' next largest expense: student debt. On Wednesday, Bilt announced members can now use their points to pay off their student loans, with a redemption value of $10 for every 1,000 Bilt points. Eligible providers include Nelnet, Mohela, Sallie M
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-15 23:00:00
Student loans that are in default will go to collections starting May 5. Getty Images/CNET Starting in two weeks, defaulted student loans will be sent to collections, the US Department of Education announced Monday. Borrowers in default and hoping for debt forgiveness should take action before collections resume on May 5. "The Biden Administration misled borrowers: the executive branch does not have the constitutional authority to wipe debt away, nor do the loan balances simply disappear," Edu
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-16 19:14:00
Student loans that are in default will go to collections starting May 5. jayk7/Getty Images/CNET Beginning in two weeks, defaulted student loans will be sent to collections, the US Department of Education announced Monday. Borrowers currently in default and hoping for debt forgiveness should take action before collections resume on May 5. "The Biden Administration misled borrowers: the executive branch does not have the constitutional authority to wipe debt away, nor do the loan balances simpl
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-19 22:56:00
Getty Images/Zooey Liao, CNET Student loan repayment news is breaking so fast that it's difficult to keep track of all the changes. A recent update to the Department of Education's declarations about how a married borrower's payments are calculated for certain income-based plans led to confusion. Late last week, the Department of Education submitted a court filing that addressed married student loan borrowers enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan who had filed income taxes married but se
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-21 12:17:02
Getty Images/Zooey Liao, CNET Student loan repayment news is breaking so fast that it's difficult to keep up these days. Now, there are changes to the Department of Education's declarations about how a married borrower's payments are calculated for certain income-based plans. Filing separately or jointly matters Late last week, the Department of Education submitted a court filing that addressed married student-loan borrowers enrolled in the income-driven repayment plan who had filed income ta
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-22 08:38:59
Global Payments shares tumbled 17% on Thursday after the company said it's buying Worldpay for more than $24 billion while simultaneously selling its Issuer Solutions business to Fidelity National Information Services . The company said that in acquiring Worldpay, which FIS had purchased in 2019 before later selling a majority stake, it's expanding its reach and will be able to serve over 6 million customers across more than 175 countries, enabling $3.7 trillion in annual payment volume. In se
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-23 19:11:00
Getty Images/CNET Millions of student loan borrowers like myself haven't made a student loan payment since March 2020. However, with the end of the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan imminent, I'm making adjustments to prepare myself for a hefty monthly student loan bill. Like many borrowers, my federal student loans were placed into an emergency forbearance during the start of the pandemic in 2020. Before the pause, my monthly student loan payment was around $40. After moving onto the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-24 04:07:00
Getty Images/CNET More than 8 million borrowers have seen their credit scores drop because of student loan delinquencies, dragging down the average credit score in the US, according to a FICO analysis released today. The average FICO credit score slipped to 715, a one-point decline from January and a two-point drop since April 2024, according to the Fair Isaac Corporation, one of the major credit models used by lenders. Credit scores are a "lagging indicator of credit health" and could drop f
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-01 09:14:51
Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung is testing “Installment Payments” for its Wallet app, a Buy Now, Pay Later feature that was previously called Instant Installment. Installment Payments in Samsung Wallet allows eligible users in specific US states to split purchases using select Visa and Mastercard credit cards. The early access program for the feature runs from April 28 to June 6, 2025. Samsung phone users have access to Samsung Wallet, a digital wallet that lets them store and ma
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-06 07:52:00
It's been years since T-Mobile customers filed for a part of the wireless carrier's 2022 class-action settlement. But this month, those who qualify should start receiving their payouts. On April 8, a representative for the settlement did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether any payments have been issued. The settlement is the result of a class-action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile after a 2021 cyberattack exposed the personal data -- names, addresses and Social Securi
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-06 20:48:11
Last week, details emerged about an application that fintech giant Stripe had submitted for a U.S. banking license. There was a lot of chatter on X about whether this meant Stripe – already the largest privately valued fintech in the world – would now be adding bank to the list of descriptions of what it does. The short answer is: No. What is true is that this marks the first time that Stripe has applied for a banking license. But what may not be as clear is that the scope of the license is a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-10 05:00:00
If your credit has dropped recently, it could be caused by your student loans. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, more than 9 million student loan borrowers could be affected by loan processors reporting delinquencies. Borrowers had previously benefited from pandemic forbearance and protections that prevented loan servicers from reporting delinquent borrowers to the credit bureaus. But starting this week, lenders can again begin reporting people who are behind on payments, which
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-12 04:00:03
It's been years since T-Mobile customers filed for a part of the wireless carrier's 2022 class-action settlement. But this month, those who qualify should start receiving their payouts. The settlement is the result of a class-action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile after a 2021 cyberattack exposed the personal data -- names, addresses and Social Security numbers -- of 76 million US customers. In 2022, T-Mobile agreed to a $350 million settlement to resolve claims that its negligence led to the da
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-18 02:57:22
Zelle is shutting down its stand-alone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of the over 150 million customers in the U.S. who use Zelle for person-to-person payments. But only about 2% of transactions take place via Zelle’s app, which is why the company is discontinuing its stand-alone app. Most consumers access Zelle via their bank, which then allows them to send money to their phone contacts. Zelle users who relied on the stand-alone app
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-21 14:00:03
Years have passed since T-Mobile customers filed for a part of the wireless carrier's 2022 class-action settlement. But starting next month, those who qualify should begin to see their payments arrive. The settlement is the result of a class-action lawsuit filed against T-Mobile after a 2021 cyberattack exposed the personal data (names, addresses and social security numbers) of 76 million US customers. In 2022, T-Mobile agreed to a $350 million settlement to resolve claims that its negligence le
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-21 20:03:00
More than 9 million student loan borrowers could see a drop in their credit score for late or missed payments now that lenders can report delinquencies, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Borrowers had previously benefited from pandemic forbearance and protections that prevented loan servicers from reporting delinquent borrowers to the credit bureaus. But starting this week, lenders can again begin reporting people who are behind on payments, which could significantly impact bor
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