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In Space, The Dead Scream — Now Scientists Are Finally Listening

Most fast radio bursts are one-off events that never seem to repeat, but a recent study suggests astronomers just need to be patient.

Inverse · Apr 28, 2023

Jason Lee's last startup to launch in a month

Jason Lee's last startup was DailyPay, which raised over $1 billion, including $175 million in equity capital and the remainder in a revolving credit facility and a term loan. (SVB Capital, the venture capital and credit investment arm of SVB Financial Group, provided a small portion of the DailyPay term…

Fortune · Mar 29, 2023

The 10 best secured credit cards for 2024

We compared dozens of secured credit cards across numerous financial institutions and weighed minimum account deposits, annual fees, credit limits, rewards, and more.

Fortune · Mar 22, 2023

Closed accounts, no money: Chime app users complain they were suddenly shut out of their online accounts

Consumers have filed hundreds of complaints saying accounts with the popular fintech app were closed without warning. The company says it can close them “for any reason or no reason.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 25, 2022

App doles out refunds after Sun-Times report, where to go apple picking in Illinois and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2022

Chime refunds $977 amid Sun-Times questions, as neo-bank apps face thousands of consumer complaints

Roderick Woodson of Morgan Park saw $997 mysteriously drained from his Chime Financial account in minutes. The company restored his money after a Sun-Times reporter asked: What happened?

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2022

A Canadian telescope wants to measure the Universe’s expansion — it found a “heartbeat”

An ambitious project in Canada recently found a "long" 3-second fast radio burst, which could unearth what causes this weird phenomenon.

Inverse · Jul 14, 2022

7 Hot Upcoming IPOs to Watch For in 2022

There were a record 1,035 IPOs on the U.S. stock market in 2021. Of these, 159 have returned profits to investors. This means that last year, an investor had a 15.36% chance of investing in an IPO that would generate returns. Of the highest returning IPOs of 2021, some include:

Benzinga · May 17, 2022

Nubank's NYSE Debut has Served as a Much Needed Stock Market Guinea Pig for an Uncertain Fintech Industry

With a powerful collection of some of Wall Street’s most esteemed backers behind the challenger bank, Nubank’s December 2021 IPO was a watershed moment across the whole of the fintech landscape. After its first full quarter as a public company, it’s clear that the performance of NU is going to…

Benzinga · Apr 4, 2022

Robinhood Fires Up Rivalry With PayPal and Other Fintech With Latest Launch

Robinhood Markets Inc's (NASDAQ:HOOD) Robinhood Money launched a new debit card to allow spare change investing, Reuters reports. Consumer finance apps like Chime and Acorns Grow Inc allowed spare change investing that lets users invest small amounts of money, which is very popular among younger users. Now Robinhood users could round up their change…

Benzinga · Mar 22, 2022