Despite regulatory reform aimed at reining in checking account overdraft fees, the penalty is still a cash cow for banks — to the tune of about $31 billion a year. That’s down from $37 billion in 2009, but a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau makes clear the number ought to be far lower. Why? Because customers who …
The National Security Agency isn’t just snooping into phone and online communications. It also appears to be keeping a close eye on credit card transactions. Why? And what can they see?
The Dollar Shave Club guys are back, and this time they’re knocking on the back door. “I’m talking about poop,” CEO Michael Dubin announces in another self-consciously edgy (not to say “cheeky”) YouTube video shilling his company’s newest product: wet wipes for grown men.
In the blogosphere, the question of whether or not adults …
Wal-Mart’s new money-back guarantee, like most retailer promises, look terrific on first glance. But the reality is that these guarantees are mainly empty marketing tactics, the commercial equivalent of a date pulling out his wallet with no intention of paying.
Like cartoons and cupcakes, summer camp is becoming one of those things adults just won’t leave to the kids anymore.
“Glamping” — that is, staying in a tent, yurt or treehouse but with butlers, electricity and luxury hotel-style amenities — was discovered by Justin Bieber and Elle magazine last year, and this year, camp fever …
Even though dermatologists say we should be slathering the stuff on all year long, summer is when many of us remember we should be using sunscreen. Increased awareness about the danger of skin cancer has made sunscreen a $1.3 billion industry, according to market research company IBISWorld. But it’s also made it easy to convince …
AT&T wireless customers have to dig a little deeper into their pockets starting this month after the carrier implemented a 61-cent “administrative fee.” It’s literally pocket change, so this change is unlikely to break the bank for customers, but it’s the latest manifestation of an annoying trend. Wireless carriers are taking a page from …
This summer, you’re more likely to find an empty chaise lounge poolside at a packed resort than a deeply discounted room.
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The deadly tornadoes that struck outside Oklahoma City on Monday have a lot of people asking why there aren’t more storm cellars and safe rooms in the area, which would have enabled more residents to shelter safely.
Glenn Lewis, the mayor of devastated Moore, Oklahoma, said today that he wants to pass a law …
Tired of student-loan debt? One prominent technology school is offering a three-year master’s degree in computer science that can be earned entirely online — and that will cost less than $7,000.
You’ll be more successful reaching your financial goals if you give yourself a target range rather than a single number you want to achieve. It sounds weird, but a new study shows that we’re more motivated when we have a little wiggle room in our goal.
There’s been a lot of chatter about the risk of payday loans lately, but “safer” installment loans can be just as dangerous, a new report says.
