Daniel Harper
Daniel is a finance writer covering personal finance topics including budgeting, credit, and beginner investing. He began his career contributing to his Substack, where he covered consumer finance trends and practical money topics for everyday readers. Since then, he has written for a range of personal finance blogs and fintech platforms, focusing on clear, straightforward content that helps readers make more informed financial decisions.
Latest Articles by Daniel Harper
Protecting bank accounts from the newest wave of AI-driven scams
The call sounds exactly like your bank. The voice is calm, professional, and knows your name. It warns about suspicious activity on your account and...
UBS and 5 Swiss banks launch CHF stablecoin sandbox for 2026
Six of Switzerland’s largest banks, with UBS at the center, are reportedly building a sandbox to test a Swiss franc stablecoin, targeting a 2026 launch....
DOGE touts $160B saved; report estimates $135B in added costs
The Department of Government Efficiency has a number it wants Americans to remember: $160 billion. That is how much DOGE says it has saved taxpayers...
Bitcoin hits $72,229 as risk-on rally lifts major cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin broke above $72,000 on April 28, 2026, reaching $72,229 on the Coinbase exchange during a sharp, broad-based rally that sent altcoins surging by even...
Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate dips to 6.37% after Iran war
For five straight weeks, mortgage rates climbed. Then a ceasefire changed the math. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.37% for...
MetaMask adds trading for 264 tokenized stocks and ETFs via Ondo
MetaMask users can now buy and sell tokenized versions of U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds directly inside their wallets, following a new integration with Ondo...
Property tax bills are climbing again this spring. Here’s how to fight back in five major states
Assessment notices are hitting mailboxes across the country this spring, and for millions of homeowners, the numbers are hard to swallow. In Harris County, Texas,...
IRS data: tax refunds total $202B so far, up nearly 13% this season
American households have already collected $202.6 billion in tax refunds this filing season, and the average check is roughly $350 larger than it was a...
How to buy a home with a credit score under 620: the minimum lenders actually accept
Imagine a borrower with a 570 credit score, steady income, and enough savings for a down payment. On paper, at least two federal mortgage programs...
The maximum Social Security check in 2026 is $4,152 a month. Here’s what it actually takes to get it
Fewer than one in a hundred American retirees will ever see $4,152 land in their bank account from Social Security. That is the maximum monthly...
Intel stock extends rally after Musk Terafab partnership disclosure
Intel hasn’t had a week like this in years. Shares of the chipmaker surged roughly 4% on Tuesday, April 8, then climbed again on Wednesday...
Weekly jobless claims rise to 219,000, exceeding economists’ views
The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims jumped to 219,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, overshooting the 215,000 that economists polled by...
Amazon says custom chip business tops $20B annual revenue run rate
Amazon’s in-house chip operation now generates more than $20 billion a year in cloud compute revenue, a run rate that surpasses the entire data-center businesses...
Meta expands CoreWeave AI compute pact to $21B through 2032
Meta Platforms has committed roughly $21 billion to CoreWeave for specialized GPU capacity through December 2032, a 50 percent increase over the $14 billion deal...
Morgan Stanley’s spot Bitcoin ETF logs $34M in first-day trading
Morgan Stanley’s first proprietary spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund pulled in $34 million in trading volume on its opening day, according to secondary market data reported...
Strait of Hormuz stays largely shut despite U.S.-Iran ceasefire
The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran was supposed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Five days in, the waterway that carries roughly...