Affirm Holdings Inc., which provides installment loans to online shoppers, increased the price range for its initial public offering, seeking to raise as much as $1.1 billion when it goes public this week.
Updated Jan. 11, 2021 5:37 pm ET
A popular online brokerage abruptly curbed trading in cryptocurrencies just as bitcoin hit a record high, catching investors in one of the hottest corners of the market off guard.
EToro, an Israel-based digital trading platform with global operations, told customers in Europe late Friday they had to close all margin trading in cryptocurrencies in a matter of hours, according to the company. Margin trades use borrowed money to amplify investments.
The order came as bitcoin approached an all-time high of $41,962 on Friday, after more than tripling in 2020. Over the weekend, the world’s leading cryptocurrency went in reverse, shedding around a quarter of its value and traded at $34,184 on Monday, according to data from CoinDesk.
New year s resolution: Is it time to get a financial coach?
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Research regularly shows one of the most common resolutions people make is money related.
Every summer we think okay, in January I ll get serious about saving and getting my finances in order.
But most of us abandon our goals by mid-February.
It s a rare person who can turn a New Year s resolution into a life-changing habit without help.
So why not try something new this year and ask for help?
When was the last time you had a coach?
Criminal backgrounds
One part of the bill, called the Employee Background Fairness Act, calls for strictly limiting the ability of employers to use a personâs criminal history to deny someone a job or take any other adverse action unless there is a âdirect relationshipâ between the conviction and the job, or if there is a specific federal, state or local law prohibiting the employment of such a person.
It also contains similar language regarding housing in buildings under the jurisdiction of public housing authorities.
âIt s just important to note that 55% of Illinois adults have a criminal record, and an applicant with a record is 50% less likely to get a callback for a job offer or an interview than an individual who does not,â said Matt Smith of Cabrini Green Legal Aid. âSo what we see is that just routinely, people who ve been caught up in the criminal legal system, sometimes decades prior, continue to face huge and insurmountable challenges in ge