Category: Finance

Credit card debt can be very expensive. But if you’re paying only the minimum when you can afford to do more, it could be that your past is to blame. When you carry a balance on one or more cards from month to month, you…

As some workers begin returning to the office this year, others have been offered the opportunity to work from home indefinitely. Twitter, Dropbox, NerdWallet and many other tech companies will let employees go fully or nearly fully remote, freeing them from commutes and packed elevators….

You’ve finally gotten your vaccine and are ready to roar into 2021. You might hug Grandma for the first time in a year, and you’re finally set to jet off to hike Machu Picchu. Even newly issued guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and…

Photo by Maria Shipakina / Shutterstock.com This story comes from partner site DealNews.com. Though Amazon’s Prime program offers a number of benefits, not everyone can — or wants to — pay for it. The mega-retailer used to have very relaxed rules about Prime sharing, but…

Photo by Andrey_Popov / Shutterstock.com Eating even small amounts of processed meats can raise your risk of dying or having a major heart disease-related event like a heart attack, a recent study finds. The research — published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition —…

Photo by Kues / Shutterstock.com Even a minor Social Security misstep can rob your nest egg of tens of thousands of dollars in retirement benefits. So, it pays to understand how the system works and how to maximize your Social Security checks. The following are…

Tax season is here again. And based on what 2020 threw at us, it may feel like filing our taxes is going to be even more complicated than usual. Which is why there is no shame in calling in an expert to help navigate the…

It’s time to cook dinner, and you’ve got a decision to make: Do you use the stove, or do you go outside and cook on the grill? What if someone paid you to choose the grill? Would that make a difference? Here’s the thing: You’re…

As if you needed another excuse to not do the laundry today, here’s a totally valid one — Californians can actually make money for skipping a load. How? Well, just by wearing your jeans a third (or fourth) time, you’d be giving the energy grid…

Braintree and PayPal are both reliable payment service providers (also known as PSPs) that allow businesses to accept payments online via e-commerce stores. Overall, if you want the most customization possible for no additional fee, Braintree is the better option of the two. On the…