After a recent spike in credit card theft in the United States, Congress is abandoning unsecure traditional payment methods for “smart card” technology. Although these more advanced credit cards may be new to the United States, they have existed in other international markets for more than twenty years!
Have you ever thought about where money comes from and why it is so valuable? Check out the following infographic presented to learn about the history of money and why we value it.
The folks at InvestingTips360 have created this infographic based on data from the 2014 Forbes Billionaire List. Check out the facts, figures, winners, and losers from the past year.
How many loyalty points would it take to buy all your groceries, eat all your meals in restaurants, or clothe yourself for a month, six months, or even a full 365 days? It turns out that a loyalty points and miles can keep you in many of life’s essentials, and even get you a few luxuries. This infographic looks at the possibility on living on loyalty rewards.
For many small businesses suffering from cash flow problems, getting access to finance is like a race against time. If they aren’t able to get access to cash, it might mean they are downing their shutters. To make sure this doesn’t happen, it’s advisable that businesses not choose traditional financing avenues.
Before Leo stole our hearts in “The Wolf of Wall Street” these men were making ridiculous amounts of money trading stocks on Wall Street. Bulls on Wall Street has put together some information on how they worked their way to the top, and what “the top” means in terms of cold hard cash.
The online trading academy has created a list of mistakes that most investors and traders make when they file their taxes. When filing their taxes they always have special challenges that they are faced with and these mistakes are common. View the infographic below to learn the top 10 mistakes you as an investor or trader need to be aware of.
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American inventor Thomas Edison was incredibly prolific, with his name on nearly 1,100 patents. There’s also a claim that Edison also invented a “renegade currency,” and the implication that it is essentially the same as the increasingly popular, disruptive digital currency system Bitcoin. What do you think?
It’s hard to imagine being in debt by millions of dollars, let alone trillions. Unfortunately, the U.S. has a national debt of $17 trillion. Accounting Degree has created an infographic entitled “Paying Their Dues: How the U.S. National Debt Affects You”, breaking this debt down into lay-mans terms.
