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Cash Stored On Payment Apps May Not Be as Safe As You Think
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Mortgage Applications Fall For Third Straight Week as Rates Climb
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.
Customers Deceived by OneMain To Get Reimbursed By CFPB Fine
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 29: Rates Ease
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Americans’ Retirement Savings Rise for Second Straight Quarter
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An Inflation Upside: You Can Put More In Your Health Savings Account
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U.S. Adults In Their Twenties Less Likely To Have A Job, A House Or A Kid Versus In 1980
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 26
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Fewer Than Half of Americans Expect to Afford a Comfortable Retirement
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Mortgage Applications Decreased Again Last Week as Rates Climbed
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Home Price Trends All About Location, Location, Location
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 22: Rates Jump
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Here's What Venmo's New Teen Debit Card Account Offers. Do You Need It?
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Here's How Citadel Star Priyanka Chopra Made Millions
resident Joe Biden delivers remarks on the debt ceiling at the White House on May 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden spoke following a meeting with Congressional lawmakers as they continue to negotiate raising the debt ceiling to avoid a government default
As Broad Student Loan Relief Hangs in the Balance, Biden Has Already Forgiven $66 Billion
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Sales of Existing Homes Fell 3.4% in April
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New York Rent Reaches a Record High
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More Than Half of Gen Z and Millennials Say They Live Paycheck to Paycheck
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Record Low Share of Americans Think Now Is Good Time to Buy a Home
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Polls Show Most Women Say They Aren’t Financially Secure
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 15: Rates Continue Slide
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Here's How LeBron James Became the NBA's First Billionaire
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 12
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Student Loan Payments are Set To Resume, Regardless of Court Decision on Forgiveness
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Survey Shows Real Estate Is Americans' Favorite Long-Term Investment
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Only One-Third of Small Businesses Offer Employees Retirement Plans
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Social Security Recipients May See Big Drop in Cost-of-Living Increase
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 8: Rates Drop
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Where Are Savings Account Rates Headed?
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Investors’ Worries Hit Their Peak Amid Recession Fears and Bank Failures
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, May 5
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Robinhood's Cash Account Now Pays 4.65%. Here's How It Compares.
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What the Fed's Latest Hike Could Mean for Savers and Borrowers
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of May 1: Rates Ease
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Tax Refunds Were $259 Lower This Year Without Pandemic Benefits
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What a Fed Rate Hike Could Mean for Your Deposit Accounts
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Top Savings Account Rates Today, April 27
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 24: Rates Keep Climbing
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You Still Have Time to Wrest Your Tiny Share of $725M From Facebook
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Leonardo DiCaprio’s Green Business Empire
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Young Adult Homeowners Have it Better Than Their Parents
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 17: Rates Keep Rising
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New York Tops the World’s Wealthiest Cities, San Francisco Home to Most Billionaires
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Here's How Apple’s New Savings Account Compares
Emergency Fund
Your Emergency Fund Could Earn $72 Per Month in a Savings Account
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Retirement Savers Turning to Cash Amid Market Volatility
New Homeowners Getting Home Ready For Fall
Majority of Millennials are Now Homeowners
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 10: Rates Jump
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Tax Day is a Week Away: What's New This Year?
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Investopedia Launches The Classroom Investor Newsletter
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HSA Investments Fall on Poor Markets, Rising Rates
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Dissatisfied Financial Customers Seek More Personalized Service, Solid Advice
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of April 3: Rates Edge Up
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Taylor Swift's Net Worth and Business Empire Explained
A security guard watches a customer leave a Silicon Valley Bank office on March 13, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. Days after Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, customers are lining up to try and retrieve their funds from the failed bank. The Silicon Valley Bank failure is the second largest in U.S. history.
Customers Have All But Stopped Pulling Deposits from Small Banks
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Time Running Out for Retirees to Complete Mandatory IRA Withdrawals
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of March 27: Rates Sink
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Payment For Typical New Mortgage Hits $2,060
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Personal Loan Rates & Trends, Week of March 20: Rates Edge Down
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Individual Investors Still Skittish Amid Persistent Inflation and Bank Worries