• HSBC Scraps Overdraft Fee After Facebook Protest

  08.31.07 | Online Banking | 0 Comments | by junger

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  International bank HSBC (home of the online payment account and online savings account) was planning to stop its service of interest-free overdrafts for students leaving university (that's British college) this summer, but after a protest on Facebook, the bank has changed its mind.

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• This Week's Carnival of Personal Finance

  08.31.07 | Site | 0 Comments | by junger

  This past week, Free Money Finance hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance.

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• Online Savings Account Competition Hits Google Adwords

  08.31.07 | Online Savings Accounts | 1 Comment | by junger

  A relatively decent (though unscientific) way to gauge the popularity of a particular subject, service or tool is to see what Google returns for it after a search.

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• E-Loan Offers 3-Month 5.55% APY CD

  08.30.07 | Money | 0 Comments | by junger

  It's not often that I write about CDs — I don't really see them as a smart financial investment — but I got an email today from E-Loan about their new 3-month 5.55% APY CD.

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• 11 Online Banking Features You Want to Have

  08.29.07 | Online Banking | 3 Comments | by junger

  Online banking, though it's becoming a fixture in many homes, is still relatively young.

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• Mobile Banking: Should You Wait to Log On?

  08.29.07 | Online Banking | 2 Comments | by junger

  Mobile banking — accessing your bank account, paying your bills, and transferring money over your cell phone/mobile device — has started to pick up this year.

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• Why Aren't Paychecks Paperless?

  08.28.07 | Money, Online Banking | 5 Comments | by junger

  I was recently cleaning up my home office when I came across some papers I'd had since 2003.

  They were paycheck stubs for a two-year period, just sitting in a pile wasting space.

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• Maximizing Your Savings: The Video

  08.28.07 | Online Banking | 0 Comments | by junger

  Most of the financial press is obsessed with the ups and downs of the stock market and the funds you should be buying, so it's nice to see MarketWatch putting together a video on maximizing your savings.

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