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Richard Laycock

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  • Editorial and PR Lead, Finder
New York
As seen in: Finder, MSN, Aol, Yahoo Finance, Miami Herald, Nasdaq, Yahoo, The Sacramento Bee, Wisconsin State Journal, WSB-TV (Atlanta, GA), KIRO-TV (Seattle, WA) and
Covers:  Personal finance, running the gamut from insurance to banking and crypto to share trading.
Editorial & PR lead @finder. Reader. Writer. Unhealthy amount of TV watcher. Views are my own and are subject to change.

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Richard Laycock is Finder's Editorial & PR lead and is based in New York. His musings on a range of personal finance topics can be found across the web including Finder.com, Nasdaq, Money Mag and Yahoo Finance. Richard studied Media at Macquarie University and The Missouri School of Journalism and has a Tier 1 Certification in General Advice for Life Insurance.

Richard Laycock’s Journalist Portfolio

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List of 800+ companies associated with Silicon Valley Bank collapse | Finder.com

List of 800+ companies associated with Silicon Valley Bank collapse | Finder.com

A list of 800+ companies associated with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) over the years.

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1 in 6 admit to lying on their taxes - finder.com

1 in 6 admit to lying on their taxes - finder.com

Tax season is upon us and 49% of Americans expect to get a return in 2023 but what are they willing to do to …

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Drunk shopping survey | What's the cost of a retail hangover? | Finder.com

Drunk shopping survey | What's the cost of a retail hangover? | Finder.com

Nobody's at their best after a couple of drinks, but that hasn't stopped 45 million Americans from buying ite…

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How much allowance do kids get in the US for doing chores? | Finder.com

How much allowance do kids get in the US for doing chores? | Finder.com

How much allowance should you give your children for doing their chores? See how that stacks up against the U…

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How often should you check your credit score? 1 in 3 check every week

How often should you check your credit score? 1 in 3 check every week

Even though credit scores are updated monthly, 1 in 3 Americans say they check their score roughly once a wee…

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Current US Inflation Rate: 1948 to Today | [updated monthly] | Finder

Current US Inflation Rate: 1948 to Today | [updated monthly] | Finder

The current inflation rate in the US is 6.4%, easing slightly compared to 6.5% for the previous month. The cu…

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What happens to your money if your AI trading agent makes a mistake

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| KIFI-TV (Idaho Falls, ID) Verified
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What happens to your money if your AI trading agent makes a mistake

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| KTVZ-TV (Bend, OR) Verified
On February 22, an AI trading bot named Lobstar Wilde meant to send a small crypto tip to a stranger on X. It sent its entire holdings instead: about a quarter of a million dollars, by its own account. The bot, built by an OpenAI employee days earlier with $50,000 and instructed to “make no mistakes,” made the error within three days of going live. Finder Lobstar Wilde wasn’t connected to a brokerage account, and nobody’s retirement savings were on the line.
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Back-to-school shopping expected to cost parents $863.86 in 2026

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| KMIZ-TV (Columbia, MO) Verified
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interning at Newsy.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

It makes news more accessible, which is both a good and bad thing.