Ken Tumin

Ken Tumin, founder of DepositAccounts.com (now part of Lending Tree), which monitors interest rates and various developments at about 15,000 banks and credit unions.

How to Switch Banks
Personal Finances

How to Switch Banks

Ken Tumin | September 27, 2024

Just the thought of moving your money to a new financial institution can be daunting—but it doesn’t have to be,…

Where Can I Put My Money to Earn the Most Interest?
Banking

Where Can I Put My Money to Earn the Most Interest?

Ken Tumin | September 16, 2024

With interest rates at their highest in decades, it’s been easy for savers to safely earn interest on their money…

What is a Money Market Account?
Personal Finances

What is a Money Market Account?

Ken Tumin | July 15, 2024

We all know about checking and savings accounts, but you may not be aware of a third type of account.…

What Interest Rate Cuts Mean for Your Cash
Money Savers

What Interest Rate Cuts Mean for Your Cash

Ken Tumin | March 9, 2024

After short-term interest rates reached their highest levels in two decades last year, savers feasted on 5%+ yields on bank…

Strategies to Make the Most of Your Cash in 2023
Personal Finances

Strategies to Make the Most of Your Cash in 2023

Ken Tumin | February 3, 2023

Cash is no longer trash. Yields on bank and credit union deposit accounts soared in 2022, as the Federal Reserve…

Stop Paying Annoying Bank Fees
Banking

Stop Paying Annoying Bank Fees

Ken Tumin | September 21, 2022

Banking fees are frustrating…and often unfair. Here’s how to determine your financial institution’s potential charges…and avoid paying them. Request disclosure.…

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now
Banking

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now

Ken Tumin | May 3, 2022

Lift-off! After punishing savers with two years of near-zero short-term interest rates, the Federal Reserve expects to hike its benchmark…

Smart Money Strategies for 2022
Personal Finances

Smart Money Strategies for 2022

December 15, 2021

The post-pandemic economy and consumer spending are robust. But surging inflation…global supply shortages…stocks near record highs…and bond yields near record…

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2021
Estate Planning

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2021

May 1, 2021

With interest rates way down and stock prices, as well as car prices, way up, Bottom Line Personal asked five financial experts for some of the shrewdest money moves you can make now.

Bank Inactivity Fees More Common Than You Think
Banking

Bank Inactivity Fees More Common Than You Think

Ken Tumin | March 15, 2017

Does it seem like your bank charges fees for everything these days? It might be worse than you think—some banks…