Your average checking account balance can affect the interest rate you earn, the fees you pay and your ability to pay your bills. Having too little can mean getting hit with account fees and bounced ...

The balance of your checking accounts says a lot more about your financial fitness than you realize. While most conventional financial wisdom centers around building a big portfolio of savings and ...

The explosion of fintech companies that introduce banklike offerings has created heavy competition in the banking market. Competition is already impacting one of the barriers to opening bank accounts ...

Vanguard recently published data pulling from 5 million retirement accounts. While there's no single right way to save, insights from Vanguard's report can help guide you. We’re bullish on these 10 ...

David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and travel. Based in Chicago, he writes with one objective in mind: Help readers figure out how to save more and stress less. He is ...

How much money should you have in your savings account? It’s a trickier question than you might think. Too little and you’re liable to incur debt; too much and you’ll miss out on long-term capital ...