October matters for Social Security users because this is the month when the Social Security Administration (SSA) announces next year’s Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA). The COLA is a yearly increase ...

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay nearly $400 million in a settlement with survivors of clergy sexual abuse, ...

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The ongoing Visa and Mastercard swipe fee lawsuit drama had a big development this week when a U.S. judge granted preliminary approval for a revised $38 billion settlement. One included item was a ...

Visa and Mastercard announced a new proposal with U.S. merchants in a 20-year-long legal battle over interchange, or swipe, fees. The proposal includes a temporary reduction in swipe fees and could ...

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Your credit score is the key to accessing a word of financial products, including mortgages, auto loans and even insurance. But the credit reports used to calculate your score can have mistakes that ...

Many retirees depend on Social Security as a key source of monthly income, making any change to the system especially important. This summer, approximately 3.6 million beneficiaries could be affected ...

Social Security beneficiaries are set to lose access topaper checks as the system moves towards electronic-only payments under a federal directive aimed at modernising benefit delivery and reducing ...

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