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Be Careful How You Spend Those Lotto Winnings
It’s a problem most lottery players would like to have but will never face — what to do with that jackpot? A story in the Seattle Times explains how to deal. Step one: buy yourself an entourage: “I...
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Chamber Of Commerce Attacks Proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Maybe you forgot about the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency in all the health care sound and fury, but it’s still out there, and financial companies are still very much against it. Now the...
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Seven Free Sites To Track Your Personal Information
The Consumer Reports Money Adviser has compiled a great list of sites that store your personal information and will provide free copies of their reports to you if you ask. The sites give you access to...
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Consumer And Banking Scholars Speak Out In Favor Of Consumer Financial...
Earlier this week, a group of 70 law professors from universities across the country released a 16-page Statement of Support (pdf) detailing why they’re in favor of the proposed Consumer Financial...
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What's Your Financial Advice For A 24-Year-Old?
Andrew has a pretty good job, and not a lot of debt. Now he’s ready to start preparing for the next phase of his financial life, and he wants to know what advice Consumerist readers have for him. Hey...
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VIDEO: Derivatives Are Sort Of Like A Pre-Ordered Turkey
The business and financial news are full of something called “derivatives.” But, okay, what is that? You’re not the only one who’s wondering. That’s why Paddy Hirsch from the public radio program...
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Consumer Financial Protection Agency On The Chopping Block
According to the Wall Street Journal, Senator Chris Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, has offered to abandon the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) proposal in exchange for Republican support...
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Wells Fargo Advances War On Free Checking With $7 Fee In 6 More States
Wells Fargo continues to phase out its free checking offerings, tacking on a $7 monthly fee in six states. Even existing customers whose free checking had been grandfathered in will have to start...
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I Accidentally Receive Millionaire Stranger's Financial Documents, Not His Cash
If Avi had ever considered using Morgan Stanley to handle his imaginary millions, he’s probably reconsidering now. A UPS envelope showed up at his house with detailed financial statements from a...
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How Bank Of America Lost All Of My Business Over A $2 Balance Check Fee
(afagen)As a reader of Consumerist, Shawn knew that he should probably stay away from mega-bank and Worst Company in America 2013 Final Four contender Bank of America. Yet his non-BoA lender of choice...
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Despite Threats Of Disaster, Investors In Comcast, Verizon, Etc. All Seem...
For a year now, the big ISPs have been having a series of public freakouts that stronger net neutrality rules would make for an uncertain regulatory future, leave them exposed, drive investment down,...
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9 Things We’re So Grateful Mom Taught Us About Money
Today is the day we pause to reflect on everything our mothers have given us, from kisses on scraped knees and comfortable laps to sit on, to financial wisdom that has the power to stick with us...
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