financial colonialism Study: Big Tech companies produce even more carbon emissions by having cash in the bank Thom Dunn

financial services The USPS is testing out becoming a bank, and it's about damn time. Thom Dunn

cobol Why COBOL will never die Clive Thompson

ATMs Why is there a two hour line at this particular ATM in New York City? David Pescovitz

banking Goodbye Libra, hello Facebook Pay Xeni Jardin

chase Chase customers have ONE MONTH left to opt out of binding arbitration Cory Doctorow

#MotivationMonday Chase's idiotic poverty-shaming "inspirational" tweet, and Twitter users' magnificent responses thereto Cory Doctorow

chip-and-pin Security chips have not reduced US credit-card fraud Cory Doctorow

consumers union Consumer Reports now evaluates products' security and privacy Cory Doctorow

out-of-touch one percenters Trump's chief Goldman-Sachs goblin tells America they can buy a new car for $1000 Cory Doctorow

lobbying GOP wants to get rid of overdraft fee limits Mark Frauenfelder

guessing Crooks can guess Visa card details in six seconds by querying lots of websites at once Cory Doctorow

banking A second hacker group is targeting SWIFT bank system users with malware, Symantec warns Xeni Jardin

arbitrage Hedge fund paid terminally ill people to sign up for "death puts" Cory Doctorow

negative yields Europe's banks want to store billions in cash to fight back against negative interest Cory Doctorow

american express Tiny open-source gadget simulates replacement Amex cards, disables chip-&-PIN Cory Doctorow

detroit news Detroit News documents the decimation of one city block Andrea James

currency The most beautiful money in U.S. history David Pescovitz