Europarliament Scolds Visa, MasterCard, PayPal For Killing WikiLeaks Donations; Initiates Regulation
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Mortgage Help for the average American Original post on governmentmortgagehelp.com Comments on reddit.com
Couple: Bank Wrongly Repo’d Our Car
A Delaware County couple says they were forced to pay for a mistake their bank made and were treated like dead beats in the process. After days of frustration they called the NBC10 Investigators. Original post on nbc10.com Comments on reddit.com
Over $100 billion in unpaid child support – Nov. 5, 2012
Over $100 billion is owed in unpaid child support. Scofflaws are a problem, but the system may be setting people up to fail as well. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
Indian baby suffers horrendous burns in shocking dowry dispute
An Indian woman has died and her 13-month-old daughter suffered horrendous burns after her husband and father-in-law set them on fire as they slept, in a dispute over a dowry payment. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Square: Jack Dorsey’s payments firm is Silicon Valley’s next great company.
Ever since Facebook went public, people in Silicon Valley have been a bit bummed out about the tech industry. Keep in mind that the Valley is infinitely optimistic, so even when they’re bummed, folks here keep smiling. Still, in numerous conversations over the past few months, I’ve detected a sense… Original post on slate.com Comments on reddit.com
No, Samsung did not try to pay Apple its $1bn fine in nickels – Technology
Dumb meme of the day, but it fails the legal tender test – and the reality test, if you think how much metal that would require. By Charles Arthur Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Ex-Google exec’s new venture helps students avoid corporate life – Reuters
Service lets students raise money online* Initially available at 5 colleges, universitiesBy Alexei OreskovicSAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Four months after leavingGoogle Inc, the former head of Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
U.S. Banks Discover Profits in Card Rules They Sought to Kill – Businessweek
Responding to an outcry from consumers, in 2009 Congress overhauled rules for credit-card issuers. Original post on businessweek.com Comments on reddit.com
Henson Company Gives Up Chick-fil-A Cold Turkey – ToughPigs – Muppet Fans Who Grew Up
July 20, 2012 – Facebook
The Jim Henson Company wrote a note titled July 20, 2012. Read the full text here. Original post on facebook.com Comments on reddit.com
Credit-card pact no deal for consumers – Jennifer Waters’s Consumer Confidential – MarketWatch
The $7 billion settlement between Visa, MasterCard, some large banks and retailers, if approved, sends a strong message to consumers: Buck up and plan on paying for the privilege of using a credit card or any other payment method. Original post on marketwatch.com Comments on reddit.com
WikiLeaks Reopens Channel For Credit Card Donations, Dares Visa And MasterCard To Block Them Again – Forbes
Assange speaking a press conference regarding the financial blockade against the site in late 2011. After 18 months of having its funding nearly completely cut off by a payment industry blockade, WikiLeaks says it’s finally found a new workaround that allows it to receive credit card donations. And after a legal [...] Original post on forbes.com Comments on reddit.com
PayPal Bans Major File-Hosting Services Over Piracy Concerns – TorrentFreak
In recent weeks, PayPal has cut off many of the world’s largest filehosting sites from its service including MediaFire, Putlocker and DepositFiles. Growing concern over copyright infringement has resulted in an extremely strict and in some cases privacy-violating set of requirements being laid down by the payment processing company. Cyberlocker owners are disappointed with the apparent witch-hunt which in some cases is paralyzing their business. Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on digg.com
Desperate jobseeker sets himself alight outside Selly Oak jobcentre – Top Stories – News – Birmingham Mail
A DESPERATE job seeker set himself alight outside a Birmingham Jobcentre in an alleged row over his benefit payments. Original post on birminghammail.net Comments on reddit.com
PayPal Bans BitTorrent Friendly VPN Provider – TorrentFreak
PayPal is widely known for their aggressive stance towards BitTorrent sites and file-sharing services, and this policy has now been extended to VPN providers. TorGuard, a company that offers VPN and proxy services, has been banned from using the payment processor because of its affiliation with Original post on torrentfreak.com Comments on reddit.com
A breakdown of our mobile payment future – Techi.com
Every day we see more people using their smartphones to make payments whether through apps directly on them or by using them to pay for purchases at stores. The Original post on techi.com Comments on digg.com
In Milwaukee Post, Cardinal Authorized Paying Abusers – NYTimes.com
As the archbishop of Milwaukee, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York authorized payments of as much as $20,000 to persuade sexually abusive priests to agree to dismissal. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
BofA tries turning distressed homeowners into renters – latimes.com
Bank of America is testing a mortgage-to-lease program in California and three other states. The idea: Instead of evicting homeowners who face foreclosure, it lets them stay as tenants and sells the homes to investors. Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Man Commits Suicide After Years Of Fighting Wachovia & Wells Fargo Over Mortgage Mess-Up – The Consumerist
We’ve written some incredibly sad stories about homeowners trapped in the mortgage meltdown maze, and this one certainly ranks up there among the most depressing. Not just because a man is dead, but because it could have all been prevented more than three years ago. Back in 2000, the man and his wife purchased a home together in Southern California. They made a 30% down payment and spent the next several years making their payments to the bank on-time and in-person. They also spent several years dodging suggestions from Wachovia to refinance their mortgage. But five years ago, a Wachovia… Original post on consumerist.com Comments on reddit.com
Hedge funds scammed by Madoff won’t get payments – CSMonitor.com
Customers of hedge funds – or so-called ‘feeder funds’ – that invested with Madoff don’t qualify for a settlement fund, a federal judge affirms. Thousands of clients of 16 hedge funds hoped to collect from the $500,000 fund. More
Freddie Mac Is Going To Give The Unemployed A Break On Mortgage Payments For Up To A Year
Another populist move from Washington. More
Spain Unpaid Bills May Haunt Rajoy as States Crave Liquidity – Bloomberg
Spanish Prime Minister-electMariano Rajoy is set to inherit billions of euros of unpaid bills along with the euro region’s third-largest budget deficit. Spain ’s 8,000 municipalities and 17 semi-autonomous regions are suffering from a cash squeeze as many are shut out of markets, prompting them to delay paying suppliers. Regions’ debt rose 1.5 percent to 135 billion euros ($176 billion) in the third quarter the Bank of Spain said today. Catalonia had the highest debt, at 39.3 billion euros. Companies are being paid 157 days late on average, about three times the legal payment delay, according to the Platform Against Late Payment, a federation of employer groups, and pharmaceutical companies say they are owed 5.83 billion euros by public hospitals. While Rajoy has pledged to help local administrations pay suppliers, that may add to the state’s debt burden and undermine efforts to lower sovereign borrowing costs. “Rising commercial debt means… More