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Delivering Loan Transparency For Small-Business Owners

Carolina Martinez is CEO of CAMEOa California micro-business network, and an expert on small business and CDFIs.

Over the past four years, Darren Preston turned his Malibu’s Burgers food truck into one of the most popular restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite the lines out the door and rave reviews, Malibu’s filed for bankruptcy early last year. The cause had nothing to do with the food. What appeared to be a standard loan from an online lender turned out to be a receivables purchase agreement, a complicated arrangement loaded with hidden fees and sky-high interest rates

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As Canadian cities make pandemic patios permanent, experts call for clear standards – Business News

At the height of social distancing and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadian cities rolled out temporary patio policies, loosening rules and waiving fees for bars and restaurants looking to seat more customers outdoors.

These programs brought a

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Layer-2 DeFi Project Rodeo Finance Hacked for 472 Ethereum

Arbitrum-based Rodeo Finance has lost $888,000 in a recent attack.

A “Force Investment” hack was deployed, allowing the attacker to steal 472 Ethereum ($888,000). The wallet later sent 150 ETH into the Tornado Cash mixer, leaving 371 ETH remaining in the wallet.

The exploiter originally funded 50 ETH from Tornado Cash to execute the hack.

Arbitrum is a popular layer-2 scaling solution for the Ethereum network that uses optimistic roll-up technology.

Blockchain security firm PeckShield first highlighted the attack on Twitter with a link to the attack transaction commenting, “Hi, @Rodeo_Finance you may want to take a look.”

The attacker

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Financial gifts: Everything you need to know before helping your loved ones financially

Financial gifts: Everything you need to know before helping your loved ones financially

From taxes to family tension around the inheritance, does your plan cover everything?


Approaching retirement is undoubtedly an exciting time for many, as their decades-long journey of diligent savings and hard work is rewarded with new and exciting pursuits. However, over the past few years, the feeling of excitement has been dampened by economic uncertainty around interest rates, inflation and housing markets. This is especially true for those who are balancing the desire to help their children get ahead financially, while also ensuring they have their

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Our Neighbors’ Reflections on the District, Colmore BID, and the BID4 Business Plan

20230503 C1980.00 00 19 22.Still001 Our Neighbors' Reflections on the District, Colmore BID, and the BID4 Business Plan

In light of our recently launched BID4 Business Plan, we asked Jasmine Young, Assistant Business Manager for CBRE and member of the BID’s Women’s Safety Forum, about the positives she believes the BID brings to the District.

This forms part of our neighbors’ reflections series, which kicked off last month with Gensler’s Birmingham office lead, Tariq Shaikh.

Jasmine shared how Colmore BID creates an environment where individuals can work, play, and live. She’s particularly excited about the Food Festival’s return this summer and being part of the Women’s Safety Forum, developing initiatives to help keep women safe in the District.

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So you gave personal info to a company caught in a data breach. Now what?

Hacks, ransomware attacks and data breaches seem to be in the news more and more often — and many people are getting alerts that their information has been compromised in the process.

Just this week, Petro-Points members learned an unauthorized party had obtained their basic contact information, such as mailing and email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth. Petro-Canada sent an email to its customers to watch out for unusual emails and messages as a result.

In February, a ransomware attack on Indigo compromised the data of current and former employees. And late last year, thousands of people in

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Right-wing users join Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘friendly’ Threads within 24 hours of launch

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, US, October 23, 2019, wearing a suit and looking serious with facebook logo in background.

Mark Zuckerberg.Erin Scott/Reuters

  • Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads.

  • Several right-wing users have signed up to the platform, with some posting antagonistic content.

  • Zuckerberg has tried to position Threads as a friendly alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter.

Right-wing users are testing the boundaries of Mark Zuckerberg’s “friendly” Twitter alternative, Threads.

According to a news post from Media Matters, far-right figures including white nationalist Richard Spencer and white supremacist Nick Fuentes joined the app within the first 24 hours of its launch. Richard Spencer’s account has since gone.

Fuentes said in a livestream on July 6

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Coping with the crushing reality of the sandwich generation

Five tools to manage stress when it hits

Published July 02, 2023 • Last updated 5 days ago • 5 minute read

Caring for aging parents while raising young children is challenging.
Caring for aging parents while raising young children is challenging. Photo by Getty Images/iStockphoto

There is a perception that my role as an investment and wealth adviser is to focus on “the numbers.” In reality, that could not be further from the truth. Managing wealth

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