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Keeping checking fees in check: The Feds are regulating them. So can you.
Ugh, fees. They’re never pleasant, are they? Not at the library, when you find out that copy of “The Total Money Makeover” is $3 overdue. (Oh, the irony.) Not at your favorite concert ticket sales website, or in your
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I Hate Checking Fees: Overdraft Protection
The New York Times ran an interesting piece last week, headlined " Banks Apply Pressure to Keep Fees Rolling In ." The jist? Banks are trying to convince customers that overdraft protection (and the eye-popping fees that typically accompany it) is a necessary safety net. The
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Escheatment: Going all medieval on your a$$ets.
This may sound a little archaic, but each of our 50 states has its own guidelines to seize leftover or misplaced cash and property through an equally archaic process with a hard-to-pronounce name: escheatment (es-cheat-ment). Let’s break it
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Cash for clunker or cheaper to keep her?
Looking to cash in your “classic” sedan? Before you give in to that persistent urge for a shiny new set of wheels, you should first work the numbers. You can probably save more by maintaining the car you have.
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Student loan holding you back? Here’s a relief plan to move you forward.
Think you’ll still be paying back your student loan by the time social security is supposed to kick in? We hear ya. But a little relief could be on the way for those of you carrying federal student loans
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Ignore your assets and they could disappear (literally).
So you put some money away awhile back. And you're just letting it sit there and maybe it’s even growing a little. Or maybe you've stashed away some valuables in a safe deposit box. If you’re like a lot
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New deal for credit card users? Know when to hold ‘em, fold ‘em.
Congress is dealing consumers and credit card companies a new hand to eliminate confusing credit card fees and unexpected interest rate changes. A new bill passed in the House and Senate this week will provide much-needed clarity, openness and
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