Despite consumer protections, you could still be on the hook By Tamara E. Holmes If you think your funds are protected in the event of debit card fraud, you might be surprised to learn that in some circumstances, they really aren’t. The next time you make a payment with plastic, consider this scary statistic: More than […]

The first thing we did when we decided to get out of debt was reevaluate our budget. We knew that we had to change the way we spent our money before our financial situation could change. The amount of information out there on budgeting is overwhelming. There are lots of trite and obvious articles out […]

She took on Bank of America and then Verizon over fees By Minda Zetlin If it weren’t for Molly Katchpole, we might all be paying some sort of fee for using our debit cards. In October 2011, Bank of America announced its intention to charge some customers who used debit cards $5 a month for […]