A low credit score is more damaging than you may think. Aside from borrowing, it may affect your employment and rent. Landlords, insurers, recruiters, and lenders evaluate applicants based on their FICO status. There are many reasons to improve your total. But how can you do it, and how long does it take? The good…
Bitcoin jumped as much as 8% on Monday and was on course to snap five straight days of losses, though the cryptocurrency has slumped almost a fifth from its all-time high hit earlier this month. Bitcoin was last up 6.7% at $52,452 after touching its lowest since early March on Sunday. Other major coins ethereum…
No Matter How Big Or Small Your Debt Is, It Can Make You Lose Your Sleep A debt of any kind can lead to sleepless nights. Getting out of debt can be a dauntingly tedious task. Much as we would like to avoid it, somehow at times, the situation can lead us to run into…
CoinSwitch Kuber, an Indian cryptocurrency investment platform, has raised $25 million (Rs 181 crore) in a Series B round of funding from Tiger Global Management, at a valuation of over $500 million. This marks the New York-based Tiger Global’s first investment in an Indian cryptocurrency company. This also makes CoinSwitch the highest-funded cryptocurrency player in…
To live in a world where anything and everything is monetized isn’t an easy job. Financial independence is crucial for a person to live happily and freely. Under such circumstances, earning money isn’t enough to have a good financial status quo. Actively investing the money we earn into some assets or plans is similarly important….
This crucial indicator depends on the contents of your credit reports. Paying off debt is a positive event, but its effects are not immediate. In this article, we will look at several typical scenarios. When you pay off an account, this must be reported to recording agencies. Every lender may share data with just one…
By Anna Irrera, Tom Wilson and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin fell on Tuesday after hitting an all-time high in a wild session that saw supporters of the token once considered a parody use hashtags to fuel a rally until it lost steam. Dogecoin ultimately fell 15.4% to US$0.33, but during…
For a cryptocurrency created as a joke, Dogecoin now has some serious company. After a 400% rally in the past week, the total value of all circulating Dogecoins in the world is about $50 billion, according to data provider CoinMarketCap.com. That makes it bigger than the market cap of Ford Motor Co. and Kraft Heinz…
Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service owned by PayPal Holdings Inc, said on Tuesday it has started allowing users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its app, a step that could inspire more mainstream adoption of the asset class. Venmo users will be able to buy bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and bitcoin cash for as little…
Major financial bodies are looking more seriously at blockchain, the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The Competition Commission of India (CCI), in collaboration with EY, recently came out with a discussion paper on blockchain and its legal ramifications. The 50-page document, which has been reviewed by Business Standard, retains the government’s stand to allow…
