Morgan Stanley is selling Gradifi Solutions, a student loan benefits provider, to workplace savings fintech Vestwell. ETrade Financial acquired Gradifi from First Republic Bank for $30 million in 2019, less than three months before Morgan Stanley bought ETrade for $13 billion. Terms of the transaction to Vestwell were not disclosed,...
The Mega Millions jackpot grew to $940 million on July 27, 2023.OLIVIER DOULIERY | GettyThe Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $940 million ahead of Friday's high-stakes drawing at 11:00 p.m. ET.If you pick the magic six numbers, there are two payout options: a lump sum of...
Inflation showed further signs of cooling in June, according to a gauge released Friday that the Federal Reserve follows closely.The personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy increased just 0.2% from the previous month, in line with the Dow Jones estimate, the Commerce Department said.So-called core PCE...
Employers competing to fill empty positions with the most talented candidates at a time of historically low unemployment are turning to a once overlooked benefit: the 401(k) match. Workers value that perk more than cash, so much so that a dollar in 401(k) contributions is twice as effective at luring...
KPMG is offering high schoolers paid internships to help fix accounting's staffing shortage.By her own admission, Autumn Kimborough, 17, didn't have a passion for accounting. But the rising high school senior from Flossmoor, Illinois, heard about a well-paid summer internship at KPMG, which included a $250 clothing stipend, and got...
Retirement reality is really starting to bite Gen X. A recent survey from Prudential Financial revealed that America’s 65 million Generation Xers — those Americans born between 1965 and 1980 — are facing a slew of financial challenges just as they enter their final working years. Most notably, more than...
Paris-headquartered BNP Paribas has announced that it is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for its personnel’s noncompliant use of communication tools, violating archiving protocols. Although BNP Paribas reported better-than-expected figures for Q2, and would have beaten last year’s profit numbers without...
Faith is a powerful thing but when people are persuaded to believe in too-good-to-be-true investments, it can also be costly. The SEC has charged Brent Seaman of Naples, Florida, with fraudulently raising around $35 million from 60 investors, including fellow members of his church, in what he said were “safe”...