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How Bitcoin Affects the Growth of the Canadian Online Casino Industry

How Bitcoin Affects the Growth of the Canadian Online Casino Industry

March 20, 2023 Bitcoin has become incredibly popular in Canada over the past decade. Celebrities keep tweeting about it. Casinos are now accepting it for payments while tech-savvy Canadians are buying it as an investment. In the online casino space, almost every website has bonuses for crypto users. Some of them also feature games created


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3 years ago
Top 5 Cloud-based Solutions to Help HR Leverage Employee Engagement

Top 5 Cloud-based Solutions to Help HR Leverage Employee Engagement

March 20, 2023 Cloud-based solutions utilize live data analysis to equip your HR managers with vital resources that can enhance staff involvement. These solutions also enable your HR team to create personalized development plans for each employee, empowering them to take ownership of their career paths and achieve their professional goals. Incorporating the following cloud-based


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3 years ago
What happens during a ‘credit crunch’ — and how you can prepare for one

What happens during a ‘credit crunch’ — and how you can prepare for one

Banks will likely tighten lending after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, experts said. It may be harder or more costly to get a loan.

3 years ago
Key banking crisis lesson: 'The first line of defense should always be cash,' advisor says

Key banking crisis lesson: 'The first line of defense should always be cash,' advisor says

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the banking crisis provide "a great case study" for clients, advisor says. Here's what investors need to know.

3 years ago
CFPB Issues a Request For Information on “Data brokers”

CFPB Issues a Request For Information on “Data brokers”

CFPB | Mar 15, 2023 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a request for information on “data brokers,” “an umbrella term to describe firms that collect, aggregate, sell, resell, license, or otherwise share consumers’ personal information with other parties. See:  Davos: Cooperation in a Fragmented World: In Data We Trust The CFPB is looking


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3 years ago
The Federal Reserve is still expected to go through with a rate hike. What that means for you

The Federal Reserve is still expected to go through with a rate hike. What that means for you

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates despite a crisis of confidence in the banking industry. Here's what that means for you.

3 years ago
OpenAI and Stripe Announce Partnership to Monetize OpenAI’s Flagship Products

OpenAI and Stripe Announce Partnership to Monetize OpenAI’s Flagship Products

Stripe | March 15, 2023 Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, today announced OpenAI has chosen Stripe to power payments as it moves to commercialize its groundbreaking ChatGPT and DALL·E generative AI technologies. Powering OpenAI with Stripe:  OpenAI is working with Stripe to commercialize its generative AI technology. Using Stripe’s suite of products, OpenAI


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3 years ago
BoC and Group of Central Banks Join Fed in New Liquidity Measures to Ease Banking Turmoil

BoC and Group of Central Banks Join Fed in New Liquidity Measures to Ease Banking Turmoil

Reuters | Stefania Spezzati, Oliver Hirt and John O'Donnell | Mar 19, 2023 Move follows Swiss rescue of Credit Suisse and signals depth of concern over the global financial system Some of the world’s largest central banks came together on Sunday to stop a banking crisis from spreading as Swiss authorities persuaded UBS Group AG


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3 years ago
5 key things to know when you create a will and make other end-of-life plans

5 key things to know when you create a will and make other end-of-life plans

Your estate plan doesn't need to be complicated, experts say, but it does need to be done properly so that your wishes will be carried out.

3 years ago
Top Wall Street analysts pick these five stocks for the long term

Top Wall Street analysts pick these five stocks for the long term

TipRanks analyst ranking service pinpoints Wall Street's best-performing stocks, including BJ's & CrowdStrike

3 years ago
Icahn proposes three candidates for Illumina’s board — Here’s what could be next in the battle

Icahn proposes three candidates for Illumina’s board — Here’s what could be next in the battle

A fight has broken out between veteran activist Carl Icahn and biotech company Illumina as the investor nominates three candidates to the board.

3 years ago
How to Research the Market for a Franchise Opportunity

How to Research the Market for a Franchise Opportunity

Guest Post | March 18, 2023 Starting a business from scratch can be an extremely daunting and burdensome process, especially for aspiring entrepreneurs. Fortunately, there is another option – franchising. Franchising provides many advantages such as buying into an established system with proven success metrics and reduced risk of failure due to training, support systems,


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3 years ago
College acceptance and financial aid letters are going out — how to understand your offers

College acceptance and financial aid letters are going out — how to understand your offers

There is only one notification more significant than being accepted: the college financial aid award letter.

3 years ago
Large U.S. Incumbent Financial Institutions Inject $30-billion in First Republic Bank to Avert Crisis

Large U.S. Incumbent Financial Institutions Inject $30-billion in First Republic Bank to Avert Crisis

The Globe and Mail | Tim Kiladze and Stefanie Marotta | March 17, 2023 The United States’ largest financial institutions have agreed to deposit US$30-billion in First Republic Bank, an unconventional private-sector rescue designed to shore up confidence in the financial system and contain an emerging crisis. The agreement was brokered by the U.S. government,


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3 years ago
Some Equifax settlement checks bounced due to 'clerical error' at failed Signature Bank

Some Equifax settlement checks bounced due to 'clerical error' at failed Signature Bank

The bounced checks were unrelated to the recent collapse of Signature Bank and affected consumers will be reimbursed, according to the settlement administrator.

3 years ago