If you’re in a relationship, do you have a joint account?
We asked, you answered: on relationships and bank accounts
A study released this week reported that 13 million Americans may be “withholding financial information” from their partner, including credit and bank accounts. Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer took a look at the numbers in the CreditCards.com report.
We wanted to know how our listeners handle banking in relationships, so we asked:
Many people responded saying that they do share accounts with their spouses:
@Marketplace yes, married almost 19 years and we did it before we got married even. Feels like a great way to build and maintain trust.
— Caroline Vanderoef (@CAVandy) February 2, 2016
@Marketplace yes. common financial goals, common finances.
— Encyclopedia Black (@Milkipedia) February 2, 2016
@Marketplace we got married as poor grad students. There was no issue in merging our meager bank balances.
— Parag S (@parags) February 2, 2016
Others shared why they don’t have joint accounts:
.@Marketplace No – No reason to do so. We pay our bills and save for our goals fine as is.
— Terence (@TOPolk) February 2, 2016
@Marketplace No. Together for five years. We each have our own companies and want to keep things separate. Expenses shared and have POA.
— Sue Boggs (@suelyonboggs) February 2, 2016
@Marketplace no and yes. We merged some accounts and credit cards, but I have SL debt we want to keep separate. I'm a sponge on paper.
— Nikki (@nkk) February 3, 2016
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