personal finance
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This Startup’s EV Balloon Loans Don’t Sound Like The Best Idea
EVs cost too much. With the average price of an EV approaching $US55,000 (probably upwards of around $80,000 in Australia), the transition that everyone from the government to auto companies want may be slowing due to unaffordability. But one startup is looking to help get people into more EVs by trying to make them more…
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The Apple Card Won’t Change Your Life, But It Will Hook You On Apple Pay
When you plunk down the Apple Card to split a bill, it makes a satisfying clank. The snow-white card with its silver trimmings is impossible to ignore ” partly because few cards are white, and partly because of that clanking noise. One of your friends will probably pick it up, turn it in their hands…
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Google Reportedly Bought People’s Banking Data In Secret, And That Isn’t Even The Bad News
In a post-capitalistic world that seems very specifically and violently designed to rip off the poor for the benefit of the rich, spending money is complicated. But at least, until recently, you could live without fear that some multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley giant would buy up your banking data in order to serve you more effective…