James Rennick needed $125,000 fast. It was January 2017 and Angela, his high-school sweetheart and wife of five decades, was dying of lung, kidney, bone and brain cancer. He needed a home-equity loan for renovations including a full downstairs bathroom, an air conditioner so Angela could breathe in the FloridaRead More →
Happy Thursday, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance This is why loneliness and dating apps are such a bad match New research highlights what people likely to become addicted to apps like Tinder and Hinge have in common. Parents are spending hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars decorating theirRead More →
The $700 million Equifax data-breach settlement presents a relatively simple choice to affected consumers: Would you rather get paid $125, or go for the 10 years of free credit monitoring? On Twitter TWTR, +3.20% and Facebook FB, -1.43% , plenty of people say that’s not even a question: They’llRead More →
Remember that $125 you could have gotten from the Equifax Inc. data-breach settlement? Yeah, never mind. The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday that, due to an overwhelming response, cash payments aren’t going to be anywhere near $125 each, and urged consumers to sign up for the free credit monitoring offeredRead More →
Equifax’s data-breach settlement will pay out at least $650 million in restitution to consumers and government fines, but it could also help usher in a new era in identity verification — one that doesn’t include Social Security numbers. The settlement comes after a 2017 security breach that exposed the personalRead More →
