Banking Blog

Cash is no longer king when it comes to retail purchases, as debit cards and credit cards continue their takeover of payments.

Vacations can be a trying time for debit-card users. Here are tips from bankers on how to avoid fraud …

Legislation would allow banks to mail out fewer privacy policy notices.

Some banks are beginning to charge customers for mobile banking tools, and they don’t have a problem paying for them.

Sick of getting the cold shoulder from your bank? New rules being put in place may make financial institutions more eager to please checking customers in the future.

Banks are charging customers for leaving, but there are ways to keep those fees from piling up.

Hundreds of colleges have cut deals with banks to build fee-laden debit cards and prepaid debit cards into the school IDs they issue to students.

Prepare for managing bank accounts, credit cards, student loans and retirement savings in the “real world.”

A new study shows many consumers who could get free checking are open to using prepaid debit cards and paying more than $4 for the privilege. Why?

As more customers rely on the Internet for their banking, big banks may wind up with a lot of empty branches.