A 60-year-old worker in Texas says she’s dependent on apps that let her get paid early: ‘They get you hooked on having that money’

Fortune— Between 2018 and 2020, transaction volume on wage-access apps tripled from $3.2 billion to $9.5 billion, according to Datos Insights.

The Independent—Elijah Vue’s mother is fighting to get out of jail two months after three-year-old son’s disappearance. Katrina Baur is in jail accused of chronic child neglect, alongside her friend Jesse Vang

dailym.ai—Heartbroken Alabama parents of five-month-old infant 'shaken to death' by 68-year-old daycare worker say 'monsters come in all shapes and sizes' after seeing baby's lifeless body on the nursery's changing table. Brayden wasn't even six months old when his life was tragically taken. Versa Mae Simmons, a daycare worker, was charged with Brayden's murder. Simmons allegedly has a history of abuse and is being held on a $1 million bond

Reading Eagle—These apps allow workers to get paid between paychecks. Experts say there are steep costs