RushCard Customer Service Reps Hanging Up On Customers; Locking People Out Of Accounts

  
This RushCard debacle is extremely badddd for Russell Simmons’ business and honestly makes him look bad. While Russell may have done nothing personally, the card carries his name & brand. 

Everybody knows the worse thing you can do is play with people’s money–especially on pay day. The RushCard “glitch” that is keeping folks away from their hard earned cash is reeking havoc throughout social media. 

The PR cleanup is already in full effect but evidently customers aren’t buying the efforts being put forth by UniRush LLC, the parent company of RushCard services. 

Judging by the hundreds of venomous tweets & Facebook status updates, people just want their money! –and I can’t say I blame them!
  

Peep the story below on Fortune and sound off in the comments section!

Via Fortune– Users of RushCard, the prepaid debit card founded by hip-hop mogul and DefJam co-founder Russell Simmons, have been complaining all across Twitter that they’ve been locked out of their accounts, that their accounts are suddenly showing $0 balances, and that they aren’t getting any answers from customer service.

Some people haven’t had access to their payday money in a week.

Read more about the Rush Card lockout (and see tweets from angry customers) on Fortune

Hip-Hop Artist Lupe Fiasco Creates Nonprofit to Help Inner City Businesses

 The rapper has teamed up with tech business leader Di-Ann Eisnor to create the Neighborhood Start Fund, a nonprofit organization that will provide monetary aid to projects in low-income areas. 

In addition to funding, entrepreneurs will have access to mentorship opportunities and networking events. 

Read more about Lupe Fiasco’s respectable charitable efforts. 

15 Countries With The Most Millionaires

  
Via Fortune Magazine– How many millionaires does the U.S. have? Do you even know the order of magnitude? 100,000? 1 million? 10 million? 

The answer, according to Credit Suisse’s “Global Wealth in 2015” report, is 15.7 million. 

  

Compared to the U.K., the country with the next most millionaires, the U.S. has 6.5 times as [Read More] on  my social networking site for professionals, The Social Mob LLC