Reuters. File photo. Passengers film a United Airlines plane at Houston’s IAH airport. By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines (O:) said on Sunday it was permanently eliminating change fees on U.S. travel tickets with immediate effect, the latest effort by a U.S. airline to try to spurRead More →
A record ethereum transaction fee has been paid today: $2.6 million to transfer $134. The user probably mixed up the fields on the value of the transfer and the fee, eventually paying 10,668 ETH in fees, or $2.6 million, on a transaction mined by Sparkpool. A nightmare come true, theRead More →
Daily Ethereum network fees surpassed those of the Bitcoin (BTC) network for two consecutive days on June 6 and June 7, data obtained by on-chain market analysis firm Glassnode shows. According to Glassnode, on June 6, the total amount in fees spent on the Ethereum network added up to $498,000,Read More →
Bitcoin (BTC) average transaction fees dropped by nearly 60% in the last week, as the number of transactions queuing up to be processed on the network eased. According to data from Bitinfocharts, the cost of making a transaction over the Bitcoin blockchain fell to around $2.61 on May 28, downRead More →
JPMorgan Chase has reportedly agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a crypto class-action lawsuit. Originally filed in 2018, the suit alleges that the bank overcharged customers for buying cryptocurrencies using Chase credit cards, classifying the purchases as cash advances. JPMorgan Settles a Crypto Class Action Lawsuit JPMorgan Chase allegedlyRead More →
Many Americans — some more than others — are putting hard-earned money toward bank fees, according to research released this month. Millennials, racial minorities and people living in the Northeast pony up more in bank fees than other groups, according to a survey by the personal-finance and credit-card recommendation siteRead More →
The Democratic-led House of Representatives on Friday voted 247-159 in favor of a bill that aims to crack down on “forever chemicals” that have been linked to a range of health problems. The PFAS Action Act, which targets per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, could exact a toll on chemical giants likeRead More →
There might be no such thing as a free stock trade. After the news that Charles Schwab Corp. and TD Ameritrade would soon be dropping trade commissions, some financial advisers and market experts say it’s possible mom and pop investors could still end up paying — just in a differentRead More →
Booking.com will soon begin to charge hotels a commission on the resort fees they collect from consumers in an effort to combat the practice. For tourists, it could provide hope that they will finally be rid of these pesky fees. Don’t miss: With more hidden fees, hotels begin to resembleRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO – A sign for BlackRock Inc hangs above their building in New York (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit against BlackRock Inc (NYSE:) that had accused the world’s largest fund manager of charging too much in investment advisory fees, according toRead More →
On Friday, IEX ratcheted up a simmering dispute over the fees that some of the biggest stock exchanges charge customers. The upstart exchange takes issue with a claim from the New York Stock Exchange that “all-in” costs to trade on the Big Board and other exchanges are lower than thoseRead More →
