Rich people do crazy things with their money, like throw paper airplanes made of cash out the window at passersby. But we've never seen anything l...
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.25.2012
Groupon is making cash registers and PayPal has a new ATM? It's just another week in the growing market for mobile payments and alt-banking services, ...
Posted 05.09.2012
Standing at the ATM, the choices are few -- receipt or no receipt, withdrawal or check balance. But for 12,000 machines in the U.K. there will be ...
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 05.10.2012
JPMorgan Chase wants it all, catering to everyone from the richest customers who provide hefty returns on deposits to the poorest who are willing to p...
John Nicholson | Posted 04.18.2012
Not only are we seeing political revolutions spring up across the Middle East. We're also rapidly moving forward with social and economic revolutions in the region as well.
Dan Persons | Posted 04.09.2012
This week's main topic was proposed by Cinefantastique Online managing editor Steve Biodrowski and he joins Lawrence French and Dan Persons to discuss what works and what's just a little silly in this little-known but very satisfying exercise in modern-day horror.
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.02.2012
Credit unions are booming as big banks take increasingly desperate measures to make money off of consumers. Membership in credit unions more than ...
Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012
By Dave Clarke WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is weighing a crackdown on checking a...
The Huffington Post | Ariel Edwards-Levy | Posted 03.27.2012
The House and Senate both approved a payroll tax cut bill on Friday that would extend unemployment benefits through 2012. But according to Rep. Mic...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.14.2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama proposed tax increases on wealthy individuals and some corporations Monday, setting the stage for an ideolog...
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.24.2012
When it's time to pay for small, everyday items, cash is still king. More than three-quarters, or 79 percent, of consumers said they made a cash p...
HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.10.2012
If personal finance megastar Suze Orman built the perfect way to use money, what would it look like? On Monday consumers found out. Her new Approved c...
Posted 12.28.2011
A Virginia bank has become a bit of a hole in the wall after ATM thieves blasted their way in from an adjacent storefront. In what sounds like a he...
HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 11.29.2011
After nearly a month of negotiations, Oregon has reached an agreement with U.S. Bank to eliminate many of the fees the bank charges people to access t...
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 01.07.2012
Force the banks to go back to traditional banking. If that means turning them into non-profits, so be it. But there is no way to justify allowing them to continue to bilk average American customers, not to mention risking driving the global economy off the cliff again.
Ellen Cannon | Posted 12.03.2011
Some banks have "switch kits" online to make moving your checking or savings account to their bank a simple process. But if you want to take your business to a bank that doesn't have a kit, the task is still not too difficult.
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 10.26.2011
Ever get pissed off at an uncooperative ATM? We do all the time. Ever start smashing it with your high heel? Uh, neither have we. But a very angry ...
Posted 09.28.2011
"Following our latest innovations, our customers saw that something big and unexpected was happening at the bank. They became eager to see what we wou...
AP | Posted 08.09.2011
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) -- Robert Adams craved an ice-cold drink after finishing his shift on a sweltering workday, but not having enough money to ...
Posted 07.26.2011
Samuel Kioskli, an ATM repairman from San Francisco, has been charged with stealing $200,000 from ATMs around the San Francisco Bay Area and replacing...
CNN Money | Blake Ellis | Posted 07.02.2011
JPMorgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) said Monday it has finished testing $4 and $5 ATM fees for non-customers in two states, and it is now going back to ...
Inder Sidhu | Posted 06.01.2011
Here's a question sure to stump your dinner guests and water-cooler colleagues: when was the first ATM put into use? Hint: John F. Kennedy was in the White House.
Posted 05.31.2011
After a massive earthquake brought a devastating tsunami to the eastern shores of Japan, American bank Wells Fargo decided to facilitate an easy way f...
The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011
Bank customers could face $5 ATM fees. In Illinois, JPMorgan Chase is testing $5 fees for non-customers, in Texas, it's $4. If the trial runs make ...
Richard Barrington | Posted 05.25.2011
Q: I'm looking for a new checking account because the overdraft fees at my bank are killing me. It's a $30 fine every time I overdraft the account. Am...
Posted 06.01.2012