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A stop payment order is a request to cancel a check so it can’t be cashed. Stopping payment on a check is pretty easy. Learn how to do it (and how to avoid having to do it in the future).
Apple Savings ticks all the big savings account boxes: high yield, no fees, no minimums, and deposit insurance. But it’s not perfect. Before setting up your account, take a few minutes to review Apple Savings’ core features and decide if it’s right for you.
Huntington Bank offers a variety of feature-rich deposit accounts to consumers. It blends the best features of a brick-and-mortar community bank with an online bank capable of serving account holders and borrowers. Learn whether Huntington Bank fits your banking needs.
With so many options available, choosing the right bank can feel overwhelming. But if you work through it step by annoying step, it’ll be over before you know it.
Monzo is a budgeting and banking app. Its savings pots and ability to fully integrate other bank accounts draw lots of interest, but it has some crucial drawbacks that make the company with the signature bright orange debit card the wrong choice for some consumers.
Looking for a new family finance app? FamZoo has debit cards for kids, budgeting tools, a chore management and payment system, and basic banking capabilities. But is it the right app to teach your kids money management basics and (slowly) take off the fiscal training wheels?
Yotta is a financial technology app with a debit card, savings account, and secured credit card. Instead of interest or rewards, purchases and deposits earn prize drawing entries. It’s fun, but also unpredictable. See what else Yotta can do and decide if it’s right for you.
Capital One is a well-known financial institution that made its name in the credit card business. In fact, its most popular credit cards – Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards Credit Card and Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card – routinely make our lists of the best cash back credit cards and best travel rewards credit
If you’re shopping for your first house or supporting a relative who recently moved abroad, your first wire transfer looms in your near future. That almost certainly means you’re wondering what a wire transfer is. Relax — it’s not as scary as it sounds.
Your kid’s first bank account should be a checking account. Some parents opt for a kid-friendly prepaid debit card instead, which isn’t technically a bank account but can perform the same basic functions. Your kid’s second bank account should be a savings account, and it should come close on the heels of the checking account.
For many, Silicon Valley Bank’s sudden failure dredged up uneasy memories of the late-2000s financial crisis, when the world’s biggest banks teetered on the brink of implosion and ordinary people worried whether their money was safe. There was no full-blown financial crisis this time. But it did rekindle debate about where to draw the line. Is it time to rethink what “too big to fail” should mean?
The Capital One 360 Kids Savings Account is one of the best kids’ savings accounts on the market right now. Find out what to expect from it and decide whether it makes sense for your young one.
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