Two-day Prime shipping not fast enough to get a new TV in time for the big game? Amazon has once again teamed up with Best Buy to let you order a TV from the e-commerce giant and pick it up the same day at your local Best Buy. The option, which first started in a …
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This story is part of Gift Guide, our year-round collection of the best gift ideas. Think you know everything there is to know about saving money on Black Friday ? Think again. I’ve got a couple tips you might have missed. (While you’re at it, be sure to learn the secret of scoring Amazon deals all year long.) 2020 Holiday Gift Picks …
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The UK government said Tuesday that it’ll stop grading visa applications with an algorithm critics have called racist. From Friday of this week, a temporary system will be put in place to grade applications while the algorithm undergoes a redesign before being reintroduced by the end of October. “We have been reviewing how the visa application streaming tool operates and will be …
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The Trump administration has announced US visa restrictions on Huawei workers such as the refusal or revocation of a visa. The rules will be imposed on those employees of the Chinese tech giant “that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists Wednesday. “The state department will impose …
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WhatsApp digital payments have been suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank a week after the feature launched in the country. The bank ordered Visa and Mastercard to stop payments and money transfers through the app or risk facing fines. With this decision, the Central Bank aims “to preserve an adequate competitive environment, which ensures the functioning of an interoperable, fast, secure, …
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Verizon is getting into the credit card business. On Monday the telecom giant announced that it will add a Verizon Visa Card to its portfolio of products, with the new credit card offering an additional 2% back on purchases and payments made through Verizon. The card, which is issued by Synchrony and available to Verizon wireless customers starting June 26, …
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T-Mobile provides banking services through its T-Mobile Money offering, but it soon won’t be the only telecom to enter the world of finance. On Thursday Verizon announced that it will be partnering with financial firm Synchrony to offer a co-branded consumer card to its customers later in the “first half of 2020.” Verizon is the latest, but far from the …
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Facebook’s cryptocurrency project, Libra, has taken another hit, with Vodafone exiting the association. The international carrier is the eighth founding member of the group to leave, as reported earlier Tuesday by CoinDesk. The company’s exit follows the withdrawal last year of eBay, Visa, Mastercard, Mercado Pago, Stripe, Booking Holdings and PayPal. Libra confirmed the report about Vodafone on Tuesday. “Although the makeup …
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You may already know about the Amazon Prime Rewards Visa card, which automatically gives you 5% back on all purchases on the site (as well as at Whole Foods), 2% back at gas stations, restaurants, and drugstores, and 1% back on pretty much everything else. It’s a credit card that’s been seemingly weaponized to encourage you to spend more time …
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 debuted earlier this year at $950. It’s currently on sale for $750 at a variety of stores: Best Buy, Walmart and others. Amazon, however, is currently offering the Galaxy Note 10 with free Galaxy Buds for $749.99. Those true-wireless earbuds would normally cost you $130 extra. (Samsung proper is also offering the free Buds, with …
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