Lifestyle and Budget

The revival of a defunct, Depression-era law that split banks' commercial and investment-banking functions is getting support from many advocacy groups that contend the divide is needed again to ...

Banks are pretty hip when it comes to mobile technology.

Bank lending is picking up for small businesses. But you'll have a much easier time getting a loan if you've taken steps to improve your company's credit profile ahead of time.

Hacking has become pervasive and banks have deployed multiple defenses to block it.

Even if you’re good at paying you’re bills on time, you still may have a run-in with a debt collector.

Banking has changed over time, and it's likely your banking needs have too. Here's why you may want to reconsider where you're at today.

Are you needled by the revelation that bankers believe you're too dumb to remember a four-digit PIN?

If you've been fretting about the Heartbleed bug, your time would be better spent protecting yourself against a bigger hacker threat that doesn't have a creepy name: Wiindows XP.

Banks are trying to keep up with the times, but their efforts don't appear to be working in social media.

At more than 800 U.S. colleges and universities, college students can access certain types of financial aid they receive via multipurpose debit cards.

The Internet and mobile technology have largely replaced the bank branch when it comes to day-to-day financial business. But we still need bank tellers.

A new survey shows 30% of Americans haven't been to a bank branch in the last six months--but it's not just the younger crowd that's not stopping in for a visit.

Many companies give themselves the right to change their service agreements whenever they like, sometimes without giving you a heads up.

If you’re reluctant to take someone’s personal check for fear that it’s no good, don’t assume that a cashier’s or bank check is any safer.

You may have the wrong impression of credit unions. The truth may surprise you.

The banking landscape is changing rapidly. How will you and your money be affected?

Ready to chat with your ATM? You may be able to do that and more at your cash machine.

If you’re like a lot of people affected by the recent theft of credit and debit card data from Target, your bank has cancelled one or more of your cards and reissued them with different account n...

First Target dropped the ball by failing to protect 40 million customers whose payment card data was stolen by hackers and another 70 million shoppers whose names, addresses, phone numbers, and e...

In part one of our three-part series on financial housekeeping for 2014 we covered checking your credit status and updating your budget.