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States Stealing Little-Used Accounts
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States Stealing Little-Used Accounts

Tamara K. Salmon | January 27, 2017

If you fail to contact the companies that manage your financial accounts every few years, the money in those accounts…

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now
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Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now

Ken Tumin | July 6, 2016

Years of low interest rates have caused savers to throw their hands up in frustration. They can’t find any place…

Banks Create New Accounts with Higher Yields
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Banks Create New Accounts with Higher Yields

Ken Tumin | May 22, 2016

Newly created savings accounts are offering higher yields. Several online banks have created the accounts to attract new customers, while…

Best Places for Your Cash Now
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Best Places for Your Cash Now

Ken Tumin | January 27, 2016

Here are nationally available accounts with the best recent ­annual percentage yields (APY) as of January 20… Savings and money-market…

Where to Get the Best CD and Savings Account Rates
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Where to Get the Best CD and Savings Account Rates

Ken Tumin | July 16, 2015

Below are the highest yields for accounts and CDs that were available nationally as of June 1 at banks online…

Today’s Best Rates for Savings, Checking, CDs, More
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Today’s Best Rates for Savings, Checking, CDs, More

Dan Geller, PhD | August 13, 2014

Where to Stash Your Cash Back in the early 1980s, you could walk into a bank and get a six-month…

Scammers Have a New Partner—Banks
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Scammers Have a New Partner—Banks

Ken Tumin | December 16, 2013

The Justice Department has accused a pair of otherwise reputable banks—Zions Bank of Utah and First Bank of Delaware—of assisting scammers.…

Special Report: Best Rates Now
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Special Report: Best Rates Now

Dan Geller, PhD | October 31, 2013

For Savings Accounts...Money Markets...CDs...Annuities...Mortgages...Auto Loans Forecasts of rising interest rates for years to come are affecting not only investors but…

How to Avoid Fights Over Bank Accounts: Yours, Mine, Ours
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How to Avoid Fights Over Bank Accounts: Yours, Mine, Ours

Jonathan Rich, PhD | October 8, 2012

Bank accounts are among the most common sources of strife for couples. Should there be a joint account... multiple individual…

Fight Back!
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Fight Back!

Joseph F. Hurley, CPA | September 13, 2012

Investors, savers and borrowers have been pummeled by financial institutions. But we have ways for you to fight back... Bottom…

How Safe Is Your Money in the Bank?
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How Safe Is Your Money in the Bank?

Greg McBride, CFA | September 4, 2012

What you need to know now about FDIC insurance California-based IndyMac Bank failed in July, leading many bank customers to…

Best Banks in America
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Best Banks in America

Jeff Taylor | August 14, 2012

Free ATMs, open late, no fees and more... Are you frustrated with your bank? Bottom Line/Personal asked J.D. Power and…

Sneaky Banks Are Taking Money Out of Your Pocket
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Sneaky Banks Are Taking Money Out of Your Pocket

Richard Barrington, CFA | August 3, 2012

How to find a better bank No one likes to change checking accounts, but if your bank is one of…

How to Avoid 9 Sneaky Bank Fees
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How to Avoid 9 Sneaky Bank Fees

Ed Mierzwinski | August 2, 2012

Increasingly, banks are finding ways to impose bigger and trickier fees on account holders. Some of the sneakiest fees now…

Where to Safely Stash Your Cash with Yields Up to 5%
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Where to Safely Stash Your Cash with Yields Up to 5%

Charles Farrell, JD, LLM | August 1, 2012

Stashing your cash in safe accounts with decent yields has become tremendously difficult over the past year or two. The…