13 Incredibly Careless Things That Make Your Smart Phone Dumb And...

Organized crime sees your smart phone as the most vulnerable entry point into our electronic financial system—an easy way not only to steal your...

5 Ways Student Loans Hurt Middle-Class Kids

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Student loans are supposed to help middle-class kids pay for a college education, but these days they can do more harm than good. It's...

Just When You Thought You Knew Every Way Your Credit Report...

Whether we are talking about mortgage loans, credit cards, auto or student loans, most people know that credit reports play an important role in...

Should You Pay Off Your Ex’s Credit Cards?

When the Love Boat morphs into the Titanic and you are flailing in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, the banks are not...

Good News (Finally) When It Comes to Medical Debt Reform

You could be excused for skipping over the piece in The New York Times the other day. After all, it did sound awfully familiar. Here’s...

How Much Student Loan Debt Is Too Much?

Some call it the Student Loan Bubble -- I call it crazy. And what better time to discuss student debt insanity than now, as...

4 Big Problems With Social Security Numbers

A Social Security number is like a skeleton key -- able to unlock a kingdom of untold riches for identity thieves. It is the...

9 Ways To Better Protect Your Identity When You Are Away...

I commissioned a poll last month to sample, among other things, people’s attitudes about identity theft. I was both surprised and disappointed to see...

‘The Best Form Of Consumer Protection? Self-Protection’

We can debate — if you want — whether the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was necessary. (I think it was.) But there...

5 Money Lessons Every New Graduate Needs to Know

Yes my friends, it's that time of year again. No, not allergy season -- graduation. That seminal moment in our lives when, in ceremonies...