The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into so-called “surveillance pricing,” seeking more information about how artificial intelligence is used to change pricing rapidly based on data about customer behavior and characteristics. The FTC says the practice allows companies to charge different customers, different prices. The agency is serving…
Green Dot Corp., a company that partners with Walmart to sell prepaid debit cards at the retail giant, has…
People aren’t boosting their savings much even as wages rise and inflation slows. Households socked away about 3.9% of…
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian apologized and offered frequent flyer miles to travelers for thousands of flight cancellations as…
Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, are offering a promotion through the end of July that lets users…
Netflix’s second-quarter earnings report contained no bombshells, and that’s just fine for the company and its investors. In recent weeks, Paramount Global has agreed to…
A software failure in the web that makes up the global supply chain threatens to disrupt daily commerce for…
A fault with an update issued by cybersecurity company CrowdStrike led to a cascading effect among global IT systems…
This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles highlighting the financial realities of everyday Americans.…