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October 15 Tax Deadline Explained: Everything Taxpayers Need to Know

Key Takeaways  October 15, 2026, is the extended federal filing deadline for many taxpayers who timely requested an extension for...

$20 off $30 for Amazon Prime Members — My Money Blog

Amazon Prime membership includes Grubhub+, and there’s a new $20 off a $30 purchase deal with promo code DEALS20. The...

What Businesses Need to Know

Discovering that your business has unpaid or uncollected sales tax can be stressful, especially when the exposure goes back several...

Short-Term Treasury ETF — My Money Blog

Most people worry about stock drama, but every so often, there is also bond drama. Bonds are debt, which means...

The American Opportunity Credit: A Tax Break for Students

Key Takeaways Credit value: Up to $2,500 per eligible student, per year. Refundable: Up to 40% (max $1,000), even if...

Bank Accounts, Treasury Bills, Money Markets, ETFs – September 2026 — My Money Blog

Here’s my monthly survey of the best interest rates on cash as of September 2026, roughly sorted from shortest to...

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How to write a business plan

Here’s how to nail your business plan A business plan enables you to plan ahead, tracking progress, achievements and milestones. Your plan should include an executive summary; information on your business and products; the market and your competition; marketing and...

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Zurich’s £8.1bn swoop for Beazley gets the green light from London’s High Court

The last legal obstacle standing between Zurich Insurance and full ownership of Beazley has been cleared. Earlier today the High Court of...

Shortlist confirmed for MS NextGen’s Industry Challenge – Mortgage Strategy

Mortgage Strategy is proud to announce the two MS NextGen teams shortlisted for the Future of the Mortgage Industry Challenge...

The K-Curve Hits Household Finance

A new Philadelphia Federal Reserve review points to two pressure points in consumer finance: mortgages are drifting further out of...

The Big Problem With Slowing Down AI

In our last issue, I told you about how Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes the AI industry needs to deliberately...

The Evolution of 3D Secure Puts it at the Center of Fraud Prevention

Today, consumers can buy almost anything with a few taps on a phone. But there was a time when entering...

The Biggest Risk to the Economy

These are some of the craziest economic stats I came across in my research for Risk & Reward: In modern...

Mortgage

Bridging mortgages and wealth planning with Evie Beaumont – Mortgage Strategy

In this episode of the MS NextGen Podcast, Kimberley Dondo sits down with Evie Beaumont, Financial Adviser at Lincolnshire Independent...

FTBs represented more than half of mortgage sales in 2025: ONS – Mortgage Strategy

First-time buyers accounted for more than half of UK mortgage sales last year, up from around a third two decades...

Ask the right questions – Mortgage Strategy

A firm I spoke to recently trialled a document-handling tool for six weeks. The tool read incoming statements, worked out...

‘We are heavy on the remortgage side’ – Mortgage Strategy

Mortgage brokers say the rush towards remortgaging shows no signs of slowing, reinforcing Bank of England figures that show house...

07 Sept to 11 Sept – Mortgage Strategy

This week’s top headlines: Mortgage rate rises on horizon as major lenders reprice and more than 8,500 tenanted homes on...

conveybuddy appoints Chris Smith as regional director – Mortgage Strategy

Conveyancing distributor conveybuddy has appointed Chris Smith as regional director for London and the South East. Smith will be responsible...