Globally, half of working-age adults do not have access to formal financial services. This does not mean they don't use financial services.
Got five Benjamin Franklins stored under the mattress? You're doing pretty good then. Nearly half of Americans don't have more than $500 saved up,...
Spend only half of your paycheck and put the other half in a savings account. It's like portion control. Most of us try it, but don't follow-through.
If free checking accounts were animals, they'd be on the World Wildlife Fund's list of endangered species. According to a new survey from Bankrate...
Each fall, countless retailers run back-to-school specials that promise big savings. But the best money-saving opportunity for students may just be at their local bank.
Nearly half of households headed up by a single mom don't regularly use a bank account and rely on pricey alternative financial services, according to...
How much money should you store in savings? Alexa von Tobel, Founder & CEO, LearnVest.com, gave me a surprising answer when she visited me on Mondays ...
Resist the urge to spend 99 cents on iTunes for a game and digitally toss that change into your piggy bank instead. That's the big idea behind one new...
You can't blame everything on the world, your circumstances or other people. Here are the nine reasons you're broke... when you shouldn't be.
The best savings accounts might not be where you think -- not at a bank or credit union but at institutions known for charging fees rather than making...
I didn't want the world to know that I'd racked up almost $8,000 in credit card debt or that the way I got rid of the debt was by freakishly and obsessively tracking how I spent every dollar.
Credit unions are booming as big banks take increasingly desperate measures to make money off of consumers. Membership in credit unions more than ...
JP Morgan Chase wants consumers to believe that a maintenance fee for a checking account is just another ordinary item in a household's monthly budget...
While the latest jobs report was a home run, the long-term question remains: Can the momentum be sustained?
Do banks need your money? Bank of America revealed yesterday that the number of customers closing their accounts spiked last quarter, but official...
Sometimes you do everything right -- you work hard, you cut back on spending, you invest for retirement -- but all of your effort seems for naught. What happens when doing all the right things doesn't work?
America's Best Rates highlights the banks that are still committed to providing savings account rates and money market account rates that are many times the national average.
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.
There have been a number of landmarks on the way to today's extraordinarily low interest rates, some of them just shocking from a market historian's standpoint.
With Father's Day upon us, dads everywhere are gearing up for an avalanche of gifts from their spouses and kids. If you really want to return their affection, think about what you can do to protect your family financially, now and in the future.
It is important for parents to talk about money with their children. An action plan for families to ensure their college-aged child is prepared for financial life in college and adulthood
