Can You Cut Your TV Expenses?
Seems like you keep paying more for less TV service? It’s not just you. Your pay-TV rates are rising an average of 6 percent a year. For…
Should You Freeze Your Credit?
Worried about identity theft or already experienced several breaches? You might want to freeze your credit or use a fraud alert. A fraud alert allows someone…
Why FICO Score Can Vary
About 90% of the top lenders use FICO® scores to make lending decisions. According to FICO, the information on your three credit reports could vary because:…
College Grads Can Get Their Loan History
Students with federal loans can use the government’s student aid database at nslds.ed.gov to access the status of each loan, outstanding balances, disbursements, and total loan debt.…
How to Shop for an Annuity
This post is reprinted from Financial Awakenings, a blog by Rick Kahler. Kahler is a financial advisor. You can find his weekly column here If you’re…
Manage Online Passwords with a System
Most of us collect too many passwords to remember. Plus, we’re encouraged to make them tricky and change them routinely. Here are the two best things…
New Credit Cards with Chip: Dip Instead of Swipe
By October 2015, most Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit cards will finally be using chip (EMV) security. That’s almost ten years after adoption in the…
Protect Your Information from Identity Theft
It takes an average of 220 days to discover identity theft in your accounts, and every three seconds, there is a new victim, according to the…
Put a Jingle in Your Christmas
So you think saving is hard enough during the year, and you can’t imagine trying to save money during the Christmas season – aka “tis the…
How to Avoid 2015’s Higher Bank Fees
ATM fees hit a new high this year and so did overdraft fees and some other account fees, according to the 17th annual Bankrate Checking Survey.…
The Money Godmother 