Casey Wetherbee

6 days ago | znetwork.org | Casey Wetherbee

Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets through a “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payment plan. These programs function as short-term loans, allowing consumers to pay for purchases in a series of installments — often with low or no interest.

1 week ago | jacobin.com | Casey Wetherbee

Last month, Billboard reported that around 60 percent of general admission attendees of the music festival Coachella financed their tickets through a “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) payment plan. These programs function as short-term loans, allowing consumers to pay for purchases in a series of installments — often with low or no interest.

1 month ago | thetimes.com | Casey Wetherbee

2 months ago | jacobin.com | Casey Wetherbee

For years, the US financial system has served as a major destination for dirty money, due to glaring gaps and loopholes in the federal regulatory apparatus. The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), introduced in 2020, was designed to close the gaps by establishing national standards to combat illicit finance and money laundering — bringing the United States up to speed with the rest of the world.

2 months ago | buenosairesherald.com | Casey Wetherbee

Alexei was married to a woman in Russia before fleeing both his marriage and the country for the safe haven of Argentina. “[In Russia] there’s a lot of pressure to be in a relationship at a young age,” the 24-year-old dental student told the Herald. “I thought that being in a heterosexual marriage would stop people from asking so many questions.”In recent years, Russians have emigrated to Argentina in droves to avoid conscription in the Russia-Ukraine war.