How Square and other payment apps push controversial tipping policy on diners

How Square and other payment apps push controversial tipping policy on diners

Here’s a tip for restaurant goers. As more restaurants adopt digital payment systems that automatically suggest a gratuity option, debate has heated up over whether those tips should be calculated pre- or post-tax. The topic of tipping and proper etiquette has long been a cultural debate, but the discussion drew recent attention after a Dave … Read more

McDonald’s payment change confuses customers who may be paying more for a meal: ‘Not sure how this is legal’

McDonald’s payment change confuses customers who may be paying more for a meal: ‘Not sure how this is legal’

McDonald’s fans are feeling salty. The fast-food chain will allegedly start rounding up the prices of certain meals, according to customers online who claim they caught a whiff of the plan. Per The Sun, a Reddit user shared a memo that was put outside their franchise location notifying customers that due to the US Treasury … Read more

Exclusive | NYC parents are paying through the nose for luxe labels as their couture-craving kids head back to school: ‘A mortgage payment’

Exclusive | NYC parents are paying through the nose for luxe labels as their couture-craving kids head back to school: ‘A mortgage payment’

To bougie Gen Alphas and Gen Zs heading back to school, the ABCs stand for Alo, Balenciaga and Chanel.  Luxury labels, designer devices, and A-list accessories are at the top of the list of demands from social media-influenced youngsters returning to the classroom this semester.  And, according to alarming new data, New York parents are … Read more

Martha Stewart’s prison ‘best friend’ claims she ‘blew me off’ after promising $1M payment: report

Martha Stewart’s prison ‘best friend’ claims she ‘blew me off’ after promising M payment: report

That’s not a good thing.  Martha Stewart’s alleged prison “best friend” claims the domestic doyenne promised her $1 million when they were behind bars but failed to cough up the cash.  In an interview with Daily Mail, Lisa Guarino, 62, says she and Stewart, 83, were locked up at the same women’s minimum-security federal prison, … Read more

Apple Pay adding more payment options and expanding to Windows, Chrome users

Apple Pay adding more payment options and expanding to Windows, Chrome users

Apple plans to add several new features to Apple Pay and Apple Wallet later this year that will more deeply integrate financing, rewards, and buy now, pay later options into the iPhone. The new features are part of Apple’s annual iOS update that will arrive in the fall, the company said. Apple revealed some of … Read more

This one type of payment card should never be linked to your phone — remove it immediately

This one type of payment card should never be linked to your phone — remove it immediately

Bank on this cyber security trick. A financial guru recently sounded off on the risks of storing various methods of payment within Apple Pay, or any digital wallet. Money man Dean, of TikTok duo Alexis and Dean, urged in the video that one method in particular is most at risk for bad actors to take … Read more

Mom slammed after leaving chores list for 17-year-old babysitter and offering little payment: ‘1990 prices’

Mom slammed after leaving chores list for 17-year-old babysitter and offering little payment: ‘1990 prices’

A mother and schoolteacher has divided social media after leaving a list of chores for her 17-year-old babysitter. Katrina Ivan hired a former student, now a senior in high school, to babysit her two-year-old son. However the busy mom, who had been struggling to maintain her home, decided she would leave an optional list of chores … Read more

US announces 8-year-trial Medicare payment program for caretakers of dementia patients

US announces 8-year-trial Medicare payment program for caretakers of dementia patients

The U.S. government said on Monday it would trial a new payment program for people who provide dementia care coordination services for patients covered by the Medicare health plan. The program includes services such as personalized assessments, care plans for patients as well as 24/7 access to a support line. Medicare said the program aims … Read more

Squatter asks property owner on date as payment for utilities he leeched

Squatter asks property owner on date as payment for utilities he leeched

A squatter offered to repay a property owner for the gas and electricity he used after illegally living on her property for weeks. But instead of ponying up some cash, he wanted to reimburse her through a date. “The squatter was flirting with me,” Lia Hatzakis, 29, told Fox News. “Asking to take me out … Read more