WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Saving MoneyWhen we wrote about sneaky bank practices, a lot of readers wrote in suggesting that fee-weary customers ditch the big bailout-recipient banks in favor of small community banks or credit unions (Read More)
Rivva Suche: Hamburg:
Heute wurde bekannt, dass die HSH Nordbank zum 30.09.09 einen Nettoverlust von 821 Mio. Euro ausweisen muss. Als Hauptgrund führt die Bank die erhöhte Risikovorsorge an, insbesondere im Schiffssegment. Dazu erklärt Dr. Joachi (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Credit cardsA recent report shows that credit card charge-offs have dropped a bit from their highs, but delinquencies -- that is, payments more than 30 days overdue - are still on the rise.This article fro (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Budgets, Debt, Real Estate, Recession, Mortgages, RefinancingHow well is the government's loan modification working? WalletPop's four-part special report continues with profiles of some of those trying to (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: CharityRaising money for a good cause and eating your heart out is a pretty powerful combination.In its 20 years, the Wall Street "Taste of New York" has raised nearly $30 million to help St. Jude Children's Rese (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Real Estate, Recession, Mortgages, RefinancingHow well is the government's loan modification working? WalletPop's four-part special report continues with profiles of some of those trying to get help. To re (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: BanksThe Federal Reserve announced on Thursday that starting July 1, 2010, financial institutions can no longer allow customers to overspend their account and then charge overdraft fees -- in most cases -- unless (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Budgets, TechnologyWhen Intuit, the makers of popular personal finance software Quicken, purchased Mint.com for $170 million, users of both services expressed concerns about the future of their favorite fi (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Credit, Credit cardsBanks continue to take advantage of the waiting period for the CARD Act to lower credit limits, increase interest rates, and raise the minimum credit scores required for a credit card during t (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Home, Career, Health, BankruptcyWalletPop's Lan Nguyen chats with Amy Epstein Feldman and Robin Epstein about how to protect yourself and your bank account from lawsuits. When it comes to work, employers have a l (Read More)
Techmeme:
Chung Wu / The Official Google Blog:World Bank public data, now in search — When we first launched public data on Google.com, we wanted to make statistics easier to find and to encourage debate based on facts rather than i (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: BanksAs reported in the New York Post, Citibank plans to eliminate the two fee waivers that had been available on its two basic checking accounts nationwide early next year.Previously, customers who had an "EZ" o (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Banking-checking-accountThere's a lot of public anger at banks these days. Pick a bank topic, any topic -- bailouts, executive pay, interest rates, ATM, NSF, overdraft fees -- and it's hard to imagine anyo (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, RecessionIn a move that could be an indication of how the U.S. will handle the problem of banks deemed "too big to fail," the United Kingdom is forcing some of Britain's biggest banks to split themselves u (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: BanksIt's been an interesting year for GMAC, if interesting means humbling. Back in May, the government conducted a series of stress tests and determined that 10 of the largest 19 banks needed to have more capit (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Credit, Debt, Kids and Money, Saving Money, Health, Bankruptcy, Video, Credit cardsMy task each week on SOAPnet's Bank of Mom and Dad is to provide young women with solid advice that will improve their messy fina (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, Banking-checking-account, Banking-savings-accountMillions - possibly billions - of dollars are homeless, lacking a warm, dry bank account providing a roof over their heads. Although it might seem hard to i (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Banks, InvestingMore than 100 banks have failed this year, and even the government acknowledges that many more will probably fold before 2009 draws to a close. In most cases, ordinary citizens who have accounts a (Read More)
WalletPop Blog:
Filed under: Borrowing, Credit, Debt, Saving Money, Recession, Credit cardsThere's no doubt that the current downturn has changed people's spending habits. Since the peak in housing wealth, homeowners lost more than $5 tril (Read More)