12 Best Free Checking Accounts in September 2023

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find truly free checking accounts. But they’re still out there if you know where to look. Indeed, many online banks and a few choice brick and mortars still offer legitimately free, FDIC-insured accounts with few restrictions and plenty of sweeteners. Some even pay interest, though not enough to keep up with … Read more

13 Best Online Banks of September 2023

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How Homeownership Affects Your Credit Score

Unless you’re buying your next house in cash, you need to finance part of the purchase (probably most of it) with a mortgage loan. That loan can have both positive and negative impacts on your credit score. Those impacts appear as soon as you apply for your mortgage and continue until you sell the house … Read more

10 Best New Brokerage Account Promotions & Bonus Offers of August 2023

Dozens of banks and credit unions lure new business with account-opening promotions. Some reward first-time customers with bonuses worth hundreds of dollars just for opening an account and making qualifying deposits. The best land on our regularly updated roundup of the top new bank account promotions. You’ve probably seen credit card issuers get in on the … Read more

Is Zipcar Worth It? – Review, Membership-Based City Car Share Program

Sign up for Zipcar and get a FREE $25 driving credit. Zipcar offers city-dwellers a viable alternative to traditional car ownership. Its hundreds of hubs around the globe make it one of the world’s largest carsharing companies, and once you have a membership you can use its vehicles anywhere – including Europe. Like the locally based nonprofits … Read more

Alaska Airlines Visa® Business Credit Card Review

The Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan program is popular with frequent Alaska fliers, in part because they have so many different airline partners that you can use your miles for. If you frequently travel for business, that’s music to your ears. And if you have good business credit already, the Alaska Airlines Visa Business Credit Card … Read more