Last year, banks made a fortune through fees from customers' overdraft charges. Exactly how much? Tess Vigeland talks with Leslie Parrish of the Center for Responsible Lending, who co-authored a study that puts the figure in the billions.
Theories abound about why we act the way we do about money. An entire scientific field called neuroeconomics is dedicated to studying our brains on money. And Jason Zweig has written a book about it. He talked with Tess Vigeland.
It's easy to type "debt consolidation" into a search engine and get help from any of the firms listed. But some credit solutions companies might just create more problems. Ashley Milne-Tyte gives us some red flags.
With Wall Street still caught up in its liquidity crisis, it's probably a good time for those with squeaky clean credit records to keep them that way. Commentator Susan Lee says you'd be surprised how much even the littlest things can hurt.
Imagine a place with no loans, no checks and no credit cards. That was the Syrian economy just a couple of years ago. But now the government is modernizing the financial system, with private banks leading the way. Jennifer Glasse reports.
When it comes to college, high school seniors have a lot to consider. But if their parents opened up a 529 plan, one thing they won't have to think about is where to get the money to pay for it. Tess Vigeland talks to Money Magazine writer Penelope Wang.
Most people don't mind flying -- except when they're forced to endure long hours and multiple stop-overs. But there is one type of traveler that not only doesn't mind stop-overs, they ask for them. Tess talks to Wired Magazine writer Dave Demerjian about "mileage runners."
