Category: Industry Insights

  • Alternatives to Paypal for Freelancers

    Bloggers and other freelancers use Paypal to receive payments for their products and services. While the platform is generally excellent in offering great monetary transactions, it is just as important to take note of its cons that can impose limits in online payments processes. If there was a way to reduce your hassle and time…

  • Credit Repair Industry Expects Busiest Year Yet. Merchant Accounts Still Proving Hard to Come By

    Consumers who saw their credit ratings take a hit during the global pandemic (in some cases, faultlessly) are fed up and are seeking professional advice from credit repair companies now more than at any other time in history.  Still, due to the very nature of the credit repair business, these companies are finding that financial…

  • How New Crypto Coins Are Affecting the Industry 

    After the initial success of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), interest from investors in new crypto tokens, sometimes referred to as altcoins, has never been higher. So how does the release of these new digital assets impact the market? What is driving the current demand for blockchain-based currencies and apps? Let’s take a look at…

  • After Targeting Gamestop, Blackberry, Nokia, and AMC Is Cryptocurrency Next on the Hit List for WallStreetBets?

    It was has been one of the craziest weeks on Wall Street. A rag-tag bunch of Redditors who spend their time on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets has inflicted billion of losses for leading hedge funds such as Melvin Captial. The so-called “short squeeze” saga has drawn international attention, typified by billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s…

  • FAQ Friday: Stripe Stops Processing Payments for Trump Campaign, Is My High-Risk Business Next? 

    In what has been a tumultuous few weeks in the US, there is a story developing that isn’t getting as much attention as it perhaps should. In the midst of record coronavirus pandemic-related deaths, social media expulsions, and impeachment debates, not much reporting has been undertaken on Stripe’s actions. Their decision (which was later matched…