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When your life mirrors a reality show about debt
Sean Cole Dec 10, 2010
Your work becomes a big part of your life, to say the least. But what happens when your life starts reflecting your work -- and your work is on a reality show about people who have accumulated too much debt? Sean Cole goes behind the scenes.
Consumer watchdog boss pushes ahead in interim role
Jaclyn Giovis Sep 22, 2011
Elizabeth Warren says she's more focused on protecting consumers than securing a permanent job in her role as interim head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Paper or plastic?
Kai Ryssdal Sep 21, 2011
This final note today: Some solace the next time you get stuck behind somebody paying by check in the grocery store. Yes, Mom, I'm talking to you....
Where lending rose and dropped
Tess Vigeland Sep 21, 2011
And this final note. For all the pronouncements that we'd become better, smarter savers out of the financial crisis, looks like the wallets are out...
Paper checks... Remember those?
Dec 2, 2010
With plastic cards and e-banking, paper checks are going the way of the dinosaurs. Reporter Sally Herships takes a look at the rise and fall of checks.
The reality of the Kardashian Kard
Tess Vigeland Sep 21, 2011
And this final note: Connecticut's attorney general is the latest to add his voice to a growing chorus warning kids against using the Kardashian...
Shred it?
Chris Farrell Nov 2, 2010
Question: So I received an unsolicited Achieve MasterCard in the mail. It's one of those deals where you load it, so sort of like a debit card with...
Keep the Karadashians in your pocket
Stacey Vanek Smith Sep 22, 2011
The ubiquitous Kardashian sisters -- Kourtney, Kim and Khloe -- can soon be found in your wallet. The sisters will be launching a prepaid MasterCard -- with their likeness on it, of course -- on Nov. 10.
Could credit affect getting hired for a job?
John Dimsdale Sep 22, 2011
More and more, companies are using credit reports to check up on employees and job applicants. Should this become an accepted practice? John Dimsdale reports on what the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is planning to do about it.
Changes in Credit Card 101 for college students
Sep 22, 2011
You won't be seeing credit card companies tabling on college campuses this fall, because of the financial reform law. Reporter Curt Nickisch looks at how that change affects how college students learn about money.
