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A Simple way to bank
Nov 17, 2011
The new website Simple wants to consolidate all your financial products -- like checking and savings accounts, CDs -- to help you avoid fees and maximize interest rates for savings.
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Go ahead, switch
Nov 3, 2011
Question: Someone on our show once said that closing your account would lower your credit rating. With the Occupy movement asking people to move...
Shopping for a new bank or credit union
Aug 16, 2011
Question: I live in western NY, where HSBC just announced that most of its branches are closing. Our accounts will be transferred to First Niagara...
When out-of-network ATM fees just don't matter
Jun 30, 2011
So this might be jealousy talking, but nothing makes paying ATM fees worse than seeing how little those few bucks matter to some people.
In East...
Playing the high interest checking account shuffle
Mar 31, 2011
Question: I have about $7000 that is currently at the end of its 15 month Certificate of Deposit life. It was earning what I thought was a paltry 2...
Swiss freeze potential Mubarak assets
Feb 11, 2011
A spokesman from the Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the ministry has frozen assets that may belong to now-former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak...
For public good, not for profit.
Good riddance to bank
Nov 10, 2010
Question: My wife and I recently moved back to the city after several years in farm country. This was primarily a financial decision, she took a...
On the Air: Horse Sense
Oct 28, 2010
Kathy Johnson is a small business person in New Hampshire I got to meet covering my story about the trend toward putting financial services onlin...
On the Air: Why a New Jersey cabinetmaker cares about international banking rules
Sep 29, 2010
We are starting off Economy 4.0 with a Marketplace Morning Report story about an effort to reengineer bank rules around the world. There is kind ...