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…
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.…
More Millennial Entrepreneurs?
Recent news reports show a solid number–about 54%–of millennials express desires to start their own businesses. But only 8% have tried. By Kauffman Foundation measures, the percentage of…
Student Debt: Is Today Really Different?
Many are horrified at the amount of student debt burdening college grads today– it’s not unusual for a student at a public university in Iowa to…
Money Habits: Can Parents Teach Them?
When it comes to managing money, parents want to set a good example for their children. It seems that knowing how to do that is the…
Have You Seen Your Credit Score?
A recent survey by Western Union reveals that 44% of young Americans – those age 18 to 34 – have never seen their credit score.
Millennials Are Saving
Even though many recent grads have a lot of debt, they think about retirement. In fact, about 70% of millennials have started to save for retirement,…
What’s Your Take on IRAs?
In the past year, only 15% of Americans spent two hours or more in planning for an IRA investment, according to TIAA-CREF’s annual survey on Individual…
The Money Godmother 