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Online Banking
- Most online bill pay services are now free. But some still charge up to about $10 a month.
- Use a service that stands behind its electronic payment system, such as paying late fees and handling problems with vendors if you made the payment several days before the due date.
- Make payments at least four days before the actual due date to ensure it arrives and is posted on time.
- When you figure the cost of the check, stamp and envelope for every non-electronic transaction, online bill pay is cheaper and safer.
- When you figure the cost of the check, stamp and envelope for every non-electronic transaction, online bill pay is cheaper and safer.
- Make payments at least four days before the actual due date to ensure it arrives and is posted on time.
- Use a service that stands behind its electronic payment system, such as paying late fees and handling problems with vendors if you made the payment several days before the due date.
Online savings accounts that pay better interest
Earning money on your savings might be getting a little easier soon. The Federal Reserve is trying to re-inflate the economy by keeping interest rates low for borrowers, but as a result, savers are getting punished. This is holding back a lot of money that would normally flow into private ...
ING Direct now accepting deposits through smartphones
One of the nation's largest online banks is now accepting check deposits through your smartphone, giving you on more reason to kick the traditional big banks out of your life. I love to talk about all kind of ways that you can save money by avoiding the giant monster mega-banks. ...
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A better deal on banking with Discover?
If you're looking for a better deal on banking, Discover is expanding its presence in the market - and they could save you some dough.
Is mobile banking safer than going to your local branch?
A new Federal Reserve survey finds one in five Americans use mobile phone for banking. My phone runs four apps from the discount broker I use, the mutual fund company I use and a couple from the two credit unions I use. I do it without fear. But that makes ...
Discover wants to be an online banking giant
There's a new sheriff in town offering great deals on banking from a very unlikely source. If you're familiar with online banking, you've probably heard of ING Direct, a bank that came out of nowhere to be one of the largest in America by doing everything online and being branchless. ...
Mac users face virus attack
If you're a Mac user, you may think your computer is impervious to viruses. But that's no longer the case. For a long time, it was accepted as gospel that if you wanted to avoid viruses on your computer, you got a Mac instead of a PC. Now estimates suggest ...
Capital One buying ING Direct: Should you bail?
Out of all the recent mergers, the one that's been panned the most by consumers was the absorbtion of ING Direct into Capital One. ING customers love the bank--something very rare in the banking industry! ING's model was to keep their processes simple, avoid mice-type and unnecessary fees, and as ...
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Banking apps that save you time
Your smart phone can now save you significant time by handling certain banking transactions that you used to have to drive to the bank or credit union to do!
Using your smart phone to deposit checks
That smart phone in your pocket can now help save time on a common banking transaction that nobody likes to drive to the bank or credit union to do! It's been three years since USAA developed a groundbreaking app that allowed you to do deposits into your account electronically. I've ...
Watch out for surprise bank fees
While you were partying it up with family and friends during the holidays, the big banks used December as one of their favorite months to put a lump of coal in your stocking. Years ago, a listener who happened to be a disgruntled bank employee shared a trade publication called ...
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