New York’s POWER energy rebate sets checks of $100 to $200 for 8.2 million households, and Governor Hochul says mailing runs from September 21 through December
New York’s Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate, known as POWER, sets checks of $100, $150 or $200 for qualifying households, and Governor Kathy Hochul’s office says 8.2 million households are in line for one. The governor’s office says mailing runs from September 21 through December and is funded by a one-time $1 billion in the […]
Read MoreNew York’s POWER energy rebate sets checks of $100 to $200 for 8.2 million households, and Governor Hochul says mailing runs from September 21 through December
New York’s Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate, known as POWER, sets checks of $100, $150 or $200 for qualifying households, and Governor Kathy Hochul’s office says 8.2 million households are in line for one. The governor’s office says mailing runs from September 21 through December and is funded by a one-time $1 billion in the […]
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VSL#3 probiotic buyers from 2016 to 2019 may receive $20 a unit, up to $800, from a $20 million settlement if they file by October 20
People who bought the VSL#3 probiotic between June 1, 2016, and June 19, 2019, have until October 20, 2026, to…
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VSL#3 probiotic buyers from 2016 to 2019 may receive $20 a unit, up to $800, from a $20 million settlement if they file by October 20
People who bought the VSL#3 probiotic between June 1, 2016, and June 19, 2019, have until October 20, 2026, to…
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The $2.8 million FinWise Bank data breach settlement offers up to $5,000 for documented losses or a pro rata cash share, and claims close October 29
A $2.8 million settlement over a 2024 data breach at FinWise Bank lets affected people choose between a payment of up to $5,000 for documented...
Credit Cards & Rewards
Alaska Airlines members can choose how they earn Atmos points starting January 1
Alaska Airlines will let members of its Atmos Rewards program decide how flights earn points beginning January 1: one point per mile flown, five points...
Fraud & Scams
Prosecutors charged a Vietnamese national with laundering about $53.3 million in pig-butchering money
Federal prosecutors in Kansas City have charged Trung Nguyen Van, 37, a Vietnamese national, with laundering money from pig-butchering scams. The complaint says his cryptocurrency...
Fraud & Scams
Eleven people were sentenced for grabbing credit union members’ phones to reach their bank accounts
Eleven people have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four months to three years and six months for a scheme in which fraudsters approached...
Fraud & Scams
A Jamaican sweepstakes caller who targeted at least 115 elderly victims got 36 months
A federal judge in South Carolina sent a Jamaican man to prison for 36 months for phoning elderly Americans with news that they had won...
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Credit card accounts that paid interest were charged an average 22.36 percent in August, the Federal Reserve said October 7, while all card accounts averaged 21.19 percent
Credit card accounts that were charged interest paid an average of 22.36 percent in August, up from 22.15 percent in the second quarter, the Federal...
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Buyers applied for a median $2,162 monthly mortgage payment in August, MBA says
Home buyers who applied for a mortgage in August asked for a median monthly payment of $2,162, the Mortgage Bankers…
Retirement & Taxes
Interim federal retirement payments typically run 60 to 80 percent of the estimated net annuity, and OPM pays no interest on delayed pensions, a congressional research report says
Medicaid expansion adults with incomes above the poverty line will owe cost sharing starting October 1, 2028, South Dakota’s Medicaid agency says
A House-passed bill would pay veterans who receive disability aid and attendance an extra $833.33 a month, but it has sat in a Senate committee since June 2
Veterans with a VA-determined total disability are exempt from Medicaid’s 80-hour monthly work requirement, Pennsylvania’s Medicaid agency says, ahead of the January 1, 2027 start
Veterans get October’s VA disability payment on Friday, October 30, and November’s payment arrives Tuesday, December 1, a veterans law firm’s 2026 calendar shows
Social Security recipients paid on the 3rd, including people who claimed before May 1997, get November money on Tuesday, November 3 and December money on Thursday, December 3
Trump signed a law on October 7 requiring Social Security to give identity-theft victims a single point of contact who follows their case to completion
Social Security pays a Wednesday benefit due on a federal holiday the day before, and SSA’s 2026 holiday list puts Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 11
North Carolina’s income tax rate falls from 3.99% to 3.49% for tax year 2027, then to 3.24% in 2030 and 2.99% in 2033, under Senate Bill 257
NKC Health in North Kansas City left the networks of UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare Advantage, AARP/Optum and Dual Complete plans October 1, ahead of the October 15 enrollment period
Social Security’s inspector general questioned $281.2 million in child benefit overpayments on September 30 and estimated $242.6 million was unresolved for 76,904 people selected for tax refund offsets
St. Vincent Health in Leadville, Colorado, will be out of network for Humana Medicare Advantage plans on Jan. 1, 2027, citing coverage denials, delays and reimbursement practices
Social Security improperly paid an estimated 89,000 student beneficiaries about $211 million from 2022 through 2024 and could not support $342 million more, its inspector general says
IRA owners 70 and a half or older can send money straight to charity, and the gift can count toward the year’s required withdrawal
Vanguard taxable target retirement fund investors still await a $146.41 million SEC fair fund, with the plan decision deadline now February 26, 2027
The fourth 2026 estimated tax payment is due January 15, 2027, and the IRS warns underpaying can bring a penalty even for filers due a refund