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New Android malware called SharkBot is cleaning out banking and cryptocurrency accounts in Italy, the UK and the US.

The stock-trading app Robinhood said about 7 million customers had personal details exposed in a data breach, but downplayed the impact of the stolen information.

Ordinary Americans are continuing to lose thousands of dollars to telephone scammers pretending to be bank representatives, and a legal loophole lets banks dodge any responsibility.

At least nine states or smaller jurisdictions are using federal stimulus money to help residents. Here's who's getting what, and where.

More scams are happening using the Zelle payment service, including two women who were bilked out of thousands.

We've got everything you need to know about a fourth stimulus check, from the possible amount and your eligibility to the latest news from lawmakers.

Now that the federal ban on evictions has ended, millions of Americans face losing their homes. Here's what you need to know.

Many families are still waiting for their August child-tax-credit advance payments. Here's what they need to do.

About 35 million American families will be sent child-tax-credit advance payments this week.

Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced a bill in Congress that would guarantee monthly checks of $1,200 to each taxpayer making less than $75,000 per year.

Everything we know about California stimulus check status, amount, eligibility and latest updates.

The IRS is sending $2.4 billion in tax refunds to Americans who filed for unemployment benefits in 2020. Here's how you can qualify.

Some states and school districts are using stimulus-relief money to pay bonuses and raise salaries of teachers and other school staffers.

The U.S. government has sent out $4 billion in stimulus payments in the past six weeks, and there still are ways to get a bit more.

Even though there's no fourth stimulus check on the way, social-media jokesters are having fun claiming otherwise. Don't be fooled.

There are dozens of phishing-scam websites offering to help Americans get child-tax-credit advance payments, a security firm says.

The first wave of monthly advance payments on 2021 child tax credits start rolling out, and millions of Americans will get hundreds of dollars for each child under 18.

Anyone who filed for unemployment in 2021 can get six months of free health-insurance coverage, thanks to the law that created the third round of stimulus checks.

A petition demanding $2,000 monthly stimulus checks for all Americans for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic has now passed 2.5 million signatures.

What is the top cryptocurrency in terms of current value? Our cryptocurrencies list includes Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin and the other big crypto players.

The IRS added a tool making it easy for parents and guardians to provide bank-account information so that they can get direct deposits of the child-tax-credit advance payments.

Many people still haven't received the third stimulus payment, and the IRS can't always explain why. Here's how to check what's up with your check.

An online petition demanding monthly stimulus checks of $2,000 has gathered nearly 2.5 million signatures.

The IRS has posted two more tools online to help American get -- or refuse -- advance payments for child tax credits.

Our braintrust is mixed about the value of NFTs, and debated their value on the show Seriously?

Fourth stimulus check update: House lawmakers are returning to work this week, leaving some hopeful that conversations about a fourth stimulus check will resume.

The IRS has set up an online tool to help parents and guardians who don't normally file income-tax returns qualify to get the 2021 child tax credit and the associated advance payments.

Intuit has sent notifications to TurboTax customers that their accounts may have been hacked due to password reuse.

The IRS paid out $4.2 billion in stimulus money to more than 2 million people, the tax agency said yesterday.