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Social Security? The Numbers Say To Get In Early As Possible

Tech and Finance

Take Social Security as soon as you can — at 62 advises Steve Maersch, contradicting just about everyone in the retirement advice business. Maersch’s accountant yelled at him to start taking Social Security when he turned 62, and he did. From 62 through 69, Maersch collected $111,543 in Social Security.

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Farmer’s Fridge On The Importance Of Digital Upgrades

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Consumers can now purchase nearly anything from them — health and beauty products, electronics, clothing and even groceries — with their credit cards or mobile wallets. cities, including Chicago, Milwaukee, New York City and Philadelphia, and it plans to expand to additional locations.

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2015 Holiday Marketing Efforts from the Top-20 U.S. Banks

Fintech Labs Insights

There isn’t an abundance of deep thought about long-term financial plans, other than how to pay down inflated December credit card bills. Provide last-minute gift assistance via prepaid MasterCard/Visa cards. Security tips related to holiday spending (2 of 3 rotating promos). BMO Harris. Score: (2.5). Regions Bank.

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Retail Pulse: Macy’s Collaborates With Brands For STORY; Kohl’s Accepts Amazon Returns

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The two merchants experimented with the program in 100 stores in the Chicago, Los Angeles and Milwaukee markets before announcing in April plans to launch the service in all stores this summer — in time for the back-to-school shopping season. It drives customers into our stores, and we are expecting millions to benefit from this service.”.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $270 Million Week Ending May 6

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Prepaid debit card. HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, credit/debit card aquiring mobile, APIs, developers. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Payments technology. Latest round: $24 million. Total raised: $40.5 HQ: Kefar Sava, Israel. Source: Finovate.

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Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Billion in July

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HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tags: Institutions, developers, storage, IT, security, compliance, HSBC (investor). Source: FT Partners. Qwikcilver. Stored value technology. Latest round: $10 million. Total raised: $20 million. HQ: Bangalore, India. Source: Crunchbase. Hepan Finance. Crowdfunding marketplace for small business capital.

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