Stories Tagged as
Bills
How to save $3,000, one five at a time
Sep 18, 2015
FiveThirtyEight's Jody Avirgan has a peculiar way of saving.
A new credit score gives credit for paying phone bills
Apr 2, 2015
Still in a pilot phase, the new score would help people with no credit cards.
Medical bills, bills, bills
Dec 11, 2014
43 million Americans have overdue medical debt on their credit reports.
The top financial concern: just paying the bills
Nov 17, 2014
A survey shows more Americans are worrying about just keeping up.
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Where all those charges on your phone bill come from
Aug 18, 2014
A bunch of them are taxes - and a bunch are extra fees that just look like taxes.
1 in 3 Americans has past due debt
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Krissy Clark
Jul 29, 2014
What what happens if your debt goes into collection?
Why don't more consumers use automatic bill pay?
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Alex Schmidt
Sep 19, 2013
When it comes to paying bills, we could all just automate and do everything online without even thinking about it. So why don’t we?
For public good, not for profit.
What's in the fine print? A spotlight on bill surcharges
Jan 11, 2013
Journalist David Cay Johnston, author of "The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use 'Plain English' To Rob You Blind," exposes how Americans are being nickle and dimed by little fees and surcharges on bills for everyday services.
AT&T expands 'video bill' service
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David Gura
Dec 5, 2012
Video service aims to explain to customers where their money is going.
Citibank bill pay app doubles your paying pleasure
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Marc Sanchez
Feb 10, 2012
Nothing hurts quite like looking at your online bank statement the day the mortgage is transferred out. Nothing, except seeing that money transferred out twice. Ouch. Some Citibank customers using the company’s new payment app were seeing double payments, because of an error in processing. The New York Times reports: The problem, which began in […]