Banking

Uber founder turns real-estate mogul for ghost kitchen startup

The former chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc. has been quietly assembling a mini real-estate empire over the past two years, acquiring closed restaurants, auto-body shops and warehouses for use in his new ghost kitchen venture.

FDIC survey finds record number of American households obtained a bank account in 2019

The FDIC noted that the decline by nearly half in unbanked households between 2017 and 2019 was associated with improvements in household's socioeconomic circumstances, including higher annual income, lower monthly income volatility, low unemployment and higher rates of home ownership status and educational attainment that came as a result of a strong economy.