14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Deadline Nears for Comments on Proposed OCC Fintech Charter
Deadline Nears for Comments on Proposed OCC Fintech Charter
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is still accepting comments on the proposed Fintech Charter for financial firms looking to operate with a federal charter. The deadline was initially set for January 15th but one report says the OCC has pushed the… Read More
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on M-Pesa
M-Pesa
M-Pesa is a mobile banking service that allows users to store and transfer money through their mobile phones.
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Facebook’s Newest Billion-Dollar Product
Facebook’s Newest Billion-Dollar Product
Last August, Instagram introduced a new feature called Stories that directly copied one of the core features of Snapchat. It took just five months for Facebook‘s (NASDAQ: FB) Snapchat clone to reach 150 million daily active users. That’s the same number as Snapchat’s most recently published figure.
Image source: Instagram.
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Meet The Real Housewives Of ISIS
Meet The Real Housewives Of ISIS
The wives of Islamic State fighters ponder what to wear at a beheading and assess how sexy they look in suicide vests in a BBC satire which Reuters reports has sparked both anger and praise for tackling the fate of women who travel to Syria to join the militants.
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The art of tax evasion
The art of tax evasion
From Luxury Listings NYC: It started with a single tip, furtively passed on to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office more than two years ago: A certain wealthy individual was buying big-ticket works of contemporary art, and systematically conspiring to evade state tax laws. These violations, the tipster suggested, were depriving the state of millions of dollars. Did the authorities want to know more? [more] … [more]
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: Stocks need earnings to be flawless to keep Trump rally going
NewsWatch: Stocks need earnings to be flawless to keep Trump rally going
An optimistic earnings season may run into the buzz saw of a self-fulfilling “sell the inauguration” prophecy if quarterly results are not near flawless in the coming week.
read more
14 January, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on In One Chart: How long post-election rallies last after Inauguration Day — in one S&P chart
In One Chart: How long post-election rallies last after Inauguration Day — in one S&P chart
This chart illustrates the average post-election advance when a party reclaims the White House, going back to Eisenhower’s time.
read more