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By Drew Grant 9/07/12 2:50pm

So You Think You Can Finance? New Web Reality Show Promises $1,000 to People Who Answer ‘No’

It’s like that old saying: Give a man a thousand dollars, and he’ll eat for a day. But teach a man how to earn a thousand dollars–well, not earn it exactly, but win it–and then … um … well, this metaphor just fell apart on us.

In any case, NerdWallet wants you to win a thousand dollars and two free financial planning sessions. The only qualification for participating in this new web series is that you already be so deeply in debt that $1,000 couldn’t possibly make a dent in your student loans/credit card bills/etc.

So You Think You Can Finance? No, seriously, that’s the name of this show. Read More

By Mike Taylor 5:49pm

Charge It Personal Finance

Banks Complain to Fed About Debit-Card Fee Limits

In response to the recently passed financial reform legislation, the Federal Reserve has begun work on imposing fee limits on debit-card transactions charged by big banks. Banks are unhappy about this, because every time a clerk swipes a card, a few coins jingle into their pockets. Now, billions of dollars in revenue are at Read More

By Mike Taylor 8/25/10 4:33pm

Personal Finance Charge It

Americans' Credit Card Burden Shrinks to 2002 Levels

Wall Street observers who’ve been worried that consumers’ inability to pay their credit cards will exacerbate the financial-services industry’s troubles can breathe a tiny sigh of relief. A study by credit reporting firm TransUnion shows that credit-card users are working hard to pay down their mountainous debt, and in the second quarter the average credit-card Read More

By Max Abelson 3/10/10 1:19am

New York City’s Assassination Connection

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, a sturdy and completely bald Israeli named Yuval Tal was in Las Vegas’ Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, where the nightly entertainment includes the Chippendales and Penn & Teller.

Mr. Tal, behind a microphone in a blazer and open-collar shirt, was one of five international visionaries, as the brochure for Read More

By Tom Acitelli 6/02/08 5:45pm

Stat of The Day: Americans Keep On Charging

From today’s Wall Street Journal:

In March, consumers had a record $957 billion of credit-card and other types of revolving debt outstanding — up about 8% from a year earlier, according to preliminary data from the Federal Reserve.

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So You Think You Can Finance? New Web Reality Show Promises $1,000 to People Who Answer ‘No’

Banks Complain to Fed About Debit-Card Fee Limits

Americans' Credit Card Burden Shrinks to 2002 Levels

New York City’s Assassination Connection

Stat of The Day: Americans Keep On Charging

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