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Most of us check our gift card balances online (because who actually keeps those receipts that tell us how much money we have left on them?), making an apparent oversight by Google all the worse. It appears that Google inadvertently approved a prominent ad for a phony Target gift card balance checker that’s meant to steal your funds. A Reddit user on r/assholedesign discovered the slip-up when searching Google for “Target gift card balance” on mobile, and found that the very first… Source link

How does NFL playoff expansion look? It’s with three deeply flawed 7-7 teams fighting for the No. 7 seed in the NFC.  More often than not that extra playoff team will be mediocre at best, and coming down the stretch we have three .500 teams battling it out for the postseason. Barring a collapse, it seems the NFC West will have three teams in: Rams, Cardinals and 49ers. That leaves one wild-card spot for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints or Philadelphia Eagles (or, if things really… Source link

American Express (AXP) shares hit an intra-day record on Friday after a much better than expected third quarter in large part, fueled by millennials and Gen Z cardholders.  The card issuer said spending by millennial and Gen cardholders gained 38%, compared to the third quarter of 2019 excluding the impact of currency fluctuations. Amex said it acquired 2.6 million new card members in the quarter. Amex CEO Stephen Squeri told Yahoo Finance the younger set has embraced the company’s increased… Source link

The league also announced that allegations of domestic abuse made against Kane by his estranged wife “could not be substantiated.” (Getty) Another week, another Evander Kane update. On Monday the NHL announced that Kane has been suspended for 21 games “for an established violation of, and lack of compliance with, the NHL/NHLPA COVID-19 Protocol.” Kane will not receive any pay while suspended. On Oct. 6, a report from Front Office Sports revealed that Kane submitted a fake vaccination card… Source link

Buy now, pay later platform Affirm is about to go toe-to-toe with a standard bearer in the payments space: the good old-fashioned debit card.  The company told investors at an event this week it’s moving closer to a broad rollout of its new debit card, which will allow for installment payments.  “It’s a card that works with your existing checking account. You don’t have to switch your banking relationship. You get the new card from us, swipe it and use it the way you normally would. You get… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, June 28, 2021 With inflation no longer Greenspan’s ‘q’ word, here’s why generous worker pay matters. Does anyone remember the word “quiescent”? It’s an economic catchphrase popularized by Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman who presided over an impressive run of strong growth and stable inflation. During his lengthy… Source link

Google Sunday is Father’s Day in many parts of the world, the day we show a little extra… Source link

Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O) launched a tie-up with Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday that will allow users to add cards from their accounts to the payment apps run by the two tech giants. The Coinbase card added to the wallets can be used to buy everyday goods with digital currencies, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange said in a blog post. (https://bit.ly/3wN2wNN) The company said it will automatically convert all cryptocurrency to U.S. Dollars and transfer… Source link

Google Sunday is Mother’s Day in the US, the day we show our (extra) appreciation for all Mom… Source link

Google Doodle has done it again! As India celebrates Mother’s Day on Sunday, Google has launched an interactive doodle that has a pop-up card to wish all the mothers. Illustrated by Olivia When, the doodle is a heartfelt dedication to all the mothers out there. Google has a tradition of making iconic doodles to mark significant and historic events. In India, Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday of May every year. Different countries celebrate… Source link