Jonathan Dyer

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Jonathan Dyer

I'm a small town guy living in Los Angeles looking to make solid financial decisions. I write for a number of finance websites, including HuffingtonPost and Business2Community. I founded DyerNews.com in 2015 to focus on personal finance and the emerging FinTech markets.
Economic News
Economic News

Average and Median Savings Account Balances Differ Greatly

by Jonathan Dyer
An often cited statistic suggests that the majority of Americans would be unable to come up with a few hundred dollars in the event of an emergency. While that may be true, there are of course those who maintain fairly healthy savings accounts. In fact a recent study by Magnify Money found...
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Personal Finance
Personal Finance

Law Making Credit Freezes Free Now in Effect

by Jonathan Dyer
Starting today — Friday, September 21st — U.S. consumers can elect to "freeze" their credit reports without paying a fee. This comes just over a year after Equifax announced that personal data from 148 million customers had been compromised following a security breach at the credit bureau. In the aftermath...
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FinTech News
FinTech News

Acorns Launching "Money Lab" to Find Financial Wellness Solutions

by Jonathan Dyer
If you follow FinTech, there's a good chance you've heard of the micro-investing app Acorns. Using painless savings methods such as their "Round Ups" feature, Acorns aims to make investing easy and help its users to improve their finances Now the company is looking to further that goal with the launch...
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Investing
Investing

App Review: Acorns Makes it Easy to Save and Invest 32

by Jonathan Dyer
We’ve all probably heard it said that the key to building wealth is investing. Unfortunately, especially among those of a younger generation, getting started with investing can seem intimidating, preventing many from even trying. Enter Acorns — a mobile app that looks to make investing not only easy but also...
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Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrencies

New York State Attorney General Takes Aim at Crypto Exchanges

by Jonathan Dyer
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Economic News
Economic News

California Found to Have Highest Poverty Rate of Any State

by Jonathan Dyer
They say that all that glitters is not gold — and that cliche seems to apply to The Golden State as well. According to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and reported on by the San Diego Union-Tribune, California has the highest level of poverty among the 50 states. Moreover...
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Small Business News
Small Business News

Small Businesses Aren't Adding as Many Jobs as Larger Companies

by Jonathan Dyer
While the U.S. economy continues to add jobs at an impressive clip, lowered unemployment has made it more difficult for businesses to find skilled workers. Moreover it seems that smaller employers are being hit harder by this worker shortage than their larger counterparts. As ABC News notes, this has resulted...
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FinTech News
FinTech News

New York State Regulator Suing OCC Over FinTech Charters

by Jonathan Dyer
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