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Consumers reported losing $210 million to scams across payment apps last year. A new bill wants to help future victims get their money back.
Consumers defrauded while using Zelle or other peer-to-peer payment apps might have increased reimb…
John Towfighi
'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary said he wants to crowdfund buying TikTok
O'Leary said he wants to "democratize" the platform and protect user data from "foreign adversaries…
Shubhangi Goel
Ron DeSantis just signed a bill barring Florida kids under 14 from using TikTok, SnapChat, and Instagram
The bill also states that 14- and 15-year-olds aren't allowed to have accounts unless their parents…
Matthew Loh
The TikTok ban chaos — explained in 60 seconds
The politics and logistics of the proposed law that could ban TikTok, explained in plain English.
Peter Kafka
Delhi woman loses ₹50 lakh in SIM Swap scam – Here’s how you can stay safe
In a bizarre incident, a woman from Delhi has reportedly lost ₹50 lakh to a new scam that is on the…
Chinese migrants are flocking to the southern border, and some have Chinese TikTok guides on how to enter the US: CBS
Chinese migrants entering the US through a gap in a border fence told 60 Minutes that they learned …
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
These millennials and Gen Z-ers are going on vacation — no matter how much it costs
Some millennials and Gen Zs are going into debt or using buy now, pay later services like Affirm an…
Brittany Chang
How Tunnel Girl's DIY storm shelter took over TikTok — then turned people against her
A TikToker went viral for digging a tunnel under her home. Now many are questioning the ethics and …
Sirena Bergman
For white-collar prisoners who just can't disconnect, $3,000 contraband cellphones can literally fall from the sky
Well-heeled criminals who just can't disconnect are paying top dollar for contraband prison cellpho…
Laura Italiano
Quishing on the rise – Be alert while scanning payment QR codes
Digital payments have grown by leaps and bounds in India over the past few years, with unified paym…
What are ‘vishing scams’ that start with a Namaste and end with monetary losses
vishing is a type of phone scam where the fraudster takes advantage of human error by calling and a…
TikTok Pro scam – What is it and how to protect yourself from it
Several users on social media have reported that they have received an SMS or a WhatsApp messa…
TikTok is rife with scams promising to fix your credit score or wipe your debt, finance expert warns here are 3
Accredited financial councelor and Markia Brown spoke to Insider about some of the financial red fl…
Lindsay Dodgson
Mitch McConnell's support of the TikTok bill is a big deal, but that doesn't mean the app is doomed
Some senators have said they think the TikTok bill would get struck down in court.
Madison Hall
A new wave of robocallers are trying to scam crypto users here's how the scam works and how to stop it
These scams are particularly risky for cryptocurrency investors, as it's difficult to reclaim lost …
Madison Hall
How to avoid getting scammed out of your home or becoming a victim of land fraud
Real-estate scams increased 64% from 2020 to 2021, according to the FBI. Two people with insider kn…
Jordan Pandy
YouTube's mass exodus of stars and TikTok's potential US ban shows the uncertainty of the creator economy
YouTube changed how we watch videos. A departure of creators might lead to its own shift.
Dan DeFrancesco
A dermatologist went viral on TikTok for sharing why airline pilots have a higher risk of skin cancer. Here's how to protect yourself from UV rays in the sky.
Sitting in an airplane cockpit for an hour amounts to 20 minutes in a tanning bed, dermatologist Dr…
Julia Pugachevsky
TikTok is letting users create tracks with AI and some are hilariously awful
TikTok is testing a feature called "AI Song" that lets users generate their own tracks for their vi…
Tom Carter
A viral TikTok jewelry scam is sucking in customers with 'revenge' videos by creators who say they too were tricked
Customers of Trugala, Deraldi, and Vulosa were lured in with too-good-to-be-true discount codes, pr…