Regulators or non-profit groups should create a bank safety rating system to allow customers to make informed decisions about where to move their money.

As we start down the path of breaking up with the big banks and defending our own economic interests and that of our communities, we should think about the whole range of financial services we use.

Mike Iacuessa learned two things from his recent experience with a Wells Fargo checking account. First thing: It's expensive to be poor. Iacuessa s...

New Mexico state representative Brian Egolf has introduced a bill to move the state's money out of Bank of America and into banks and credit unions ch...

President Barack Obama's new proposal to limit megabanks' trading activities wouldn't actually break up "too big to fail" institutions -- but it does ...

This is an important change of course that, while still far from complete, represents a major victory for Volcker -- who has been pushing firmly for e...

This year I became furious about how big banks have abandoned their consumers' trust, taken bailout money, and acted only with regard for their own bottom line. So I pulled my money out and moved it all to my credit union.

When it comes to dealing with Wall Street, President Obama seems to have traded in his position as our economy's commander-in-chief for a different role: pundit-in-chief.

Take the pledge to Move Your Money! Nearly a week ago, Arianna Huffington and Rob Johnson launched the Move Your Money campaign urging Americans to s...

Enjoy the health care debate? Wait until the Senate takes on the big banks. It already looks like déjà vu all over again.

There is a movement afoot, and I'd like you to join us. Several organizations are cooking up a number of ways to make this change happen.

Concluding that some of the nation's biggest banks are in good enough shape to raise capital from private investors, senior Treasury officials would l...

President Obama will unveil on Thursday a proposed levy on the nation's biggest financial firms structured not just to repay taxpayers for the bank ba...

Vartan Altounian has a simple question: Why did Bank of America hit his checking account with two $35 overdraft fees on Dec. 17 if his balance summary...

Check out this powerful video and see why you should make it your New Year's resolution to move your money out of a "too big to fail bank" and into a community bank.

The House Agriculture Committee approved legislation Wednesday beefing up regulation of the kind of opaque derivatives many blame for causing the fina...