Your castle, sanctuary, nest; your largest investment, the place where you store your stuff to keep it from getting rained on: owning a home is the ultimate or at least medium-term financial goal of many. This kind of heartfelt enthusiasm is exactly why it's important...
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It is possible to go through life without a bank account, as about 14 million Americans do. It's not ideal, though: cashing checks at a cash advance store instead of depositing them is expensive while getting your salary by direct deposit makes payday come a...
A contractor who needs to buy $500 worth of materials so he can finish a job and get paid, a college student whose car has just broken down, a single mother who can't work for two weeks due to illness: all of these people might...
Credit cards, without a doubt, are a real cash cow for the banks – to the tune of $163 billion in 2016. Sometimes, this means that consumers get it in the neck: a combination of loose legal requirements, an easy application process, and vigorous advertising...