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Is that a bank branch in your pocket?

Official App of Savers? Yep, that’s ING DIRECT’s full-featured mobile application for smart phones—helping Savers to be more nimble and efficient. With mobile banking, your finances are accessible anytime, anywhere. Frankly, we can’t think of anything more financially liberating than being untethered from the desktop, laptop or bank branch line. This means you can do stuff like check balances while you’re waiting in line at the DMV, pay your cable bill during a particularly boring office meeting or send a quick pay-back to your pal for covering dinner—while still at the restaurant. To celebrate this banking liberation, we have this cool contest called “Bank From Any Corner.” So make sure to grab the app from the iTunes app store or BlackBerry App World, find a happy place and enter the contest. Any way or anywhere you look at it, our mobile app’s going to
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A little freaked out by the “R” word? So are other Americans we asked.

When we say “retirement,” does it make you squeal with excitement? Squirm in discomfort? Spit in disgust? Chances are, like many Americans, your thoughts (and actual actions) about retirement lie somewhere in the middle. Let’s face it: Talk of
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The 2010 Roth IRA conversion: 5 things you need to know

Have you heard about the 2010 Roth IRA Conversion? Financial pundits are beginning to chatter, so if you've got an individual retirement account (IRA) you're probably in search of the facts and what it means to you. In
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Retirement Planning: 5 painless ways to get you on course and ready to roll.

Guess what this week is? No, not National School Lunch Week – that was last week.
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Your 401(k): don’t be an ostrich.

You have a confession: you quit opening your 401(k) retirement account statements a while back. We forgive you. Now in the spirit of recovery and renewal, let’s move on to a higher plane, together. As our heads emerge from
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Don’t leave your 401(k) behind.

Left your job? Job left you? However it happened, but especially if the latter, added stress can enter your life. Understandably, things like managing your old 401(k)don’t exactly make it to the top of your to-do list. But that
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The big 4-0: no time to slow down, plenty of time to save up.

So you turned 40 a few years ago. No big deal, right? Rumor has it that 40 is the new 20. Still, you’re probably starting to realize that retirement isn’t that far off. And the window of opportunity to
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Retirement: save now, worry never.

Does today’s market volatility cause short-term anxiety about your long-term investments? Give your worries a financial chill pill. Easier said than done? If you’re like most of us, the road to retirement is still a long one. Instead of
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