Insta_photos | Istock | Getty Images The financial capability of artificial intelligence platforms is improving to the extent that it will likely be able to replace human financial advisors in the future, according to finance experts. However, AI has a major drawback relative to human advisors: a lack of fiduciary duty, they said. And a…
In 2017, Brittany Greene was on track to be promoted from an assistant to a business analyst position at her company, she says. She’d earned her master’s degree in project management and shadowed with the team. But Greene didn’t get the job — and says her poor credit history played a role. “I actually found…
Block CEO Jack Dorsey’s move to cut nearly half the company’s workforce is shining a spotlight on a growing question for corporate America: whether advances in artificial intelligence will ultimately mean fewer workers. In an earnings call Thursday, Dorsey said Block will cut about 4,000 jobs. Dorsey framed the move as more than a cost-cutting…
Julpo | E+ | Getty Images The student loan delinquency rate is surging, new research finds. Nearly 25% of student loan borrowers with a payment due are now behind, compared with around 9% in 2019, during President Donald Trump‘s first term, according to a report published Friday by The Century Foundation, a left-leaning think tank….
We’re through the busiest part of the earnings season storm, with most of the world’s biggest tech firms already in. Nonetheless, this week brings numbers from two more portfolio names — plus, three important economic reports. According to FactSet, nearly three-quarters of the 59% of S & P 500 companies that have reported quarterly results…
