Lifestyle and Budget

Auto debt went into high gear in recent years. We look under the hood of this new trend.

Going through bankruptcy is tough enough. Can you get a new car loan while in the process?

If you've been offering your child money in exchange for good behavior, you may be sending the wrong message.

Here are two simple rules to follow when developing hacker-proof passwords. 

Drivers across the country are catching a break when it comes to filling up, and gas prices are likely to continue to fall—all the way through winter. 

You can stop paying some bills before filing bankruptcy, but it might mean more headaches.

A message for new parents: get ready for sticker shock.

Passwords are notoriously unreliable – too hard for users to remember and too easy for determined criminals to guess. But what's the best security solution? 

It's OK if you're not an early adopter of financial technologies. But if you're still doing these six things, it's time to step into the 21st century.

A case now in federal court could help consumers whose credit reports contain inaccuracies.

No one sets out to fail, and often, it’s no one’s fault. And while failing stinks, there's a better way to fail with your money.

Sunburn, scrapes and skin irritations are common during the summer months, and preventing and treating them can get costly.

Orange is the new insured? See whether prisoners can get life insurance policies.

It might be tempting to consider cutting your landline service; almost 40% of Americans already have. But before you do, there may be a few considerations you might be overlooking.

Credit card disclosures list page after page of numbers and financial terms, but they never really come clean about the possible side effects of credit card borrowing.

AT&T is acquiring DirecTV to the tune of $49 billion, but what will this mean for consumers? Stable prices and greater access to streaming content seem to be on the horizon.

Procrastination can not only lead to added stress, it can lose you money. 

What happens when adding an authorized user backfires? 

When you co-sign, you agree to take on responsibility for the loan -- and the credit damage that results if it's allowed to go into default.

People often fail to keep up with these financial tasks simply because there are no hard deadlines for doing so. Here's how to keep them up to date.