New Credit Card Processing Comparison Review Released
Business startups or hobbyist looking to increase sales revenue by implementing credit card processing capabilities can now more easily find the best merchant account companies with new comparison review released by consumer feedback site RateCreditCardProcessing.com. The popular user review site has announced a new update to the review section designed to make selecting the best service faster ...

Electric deals often look good — until the contract ends
Your first job as a Maryland electricity shopper is to sign up for a good deal at a good price. I'll remind you how to do so later in the column.

What's your problem?
Q. I've started an online store. How do I calculate postage costs for different countries?

Jay Hancock: Electric deals can look good — until contract ends
Your first job as a Maryland electricity shopper is to sign up for a good deal at a good price. Your second job is to make sure you don't get switched to a bad deal once the good deal expires.

How to make the most of daily deals programs
Loyalty Cloud offers an easier, better way to reward existing customers

CNBC's Suze Orman to Offer Prepaid Debit Card
For more than a decade, Suze Orman has exhorted her viewers on CNBC to spend less than they earn, flashed her blazing smile from the covers of best-selling books and endorsed the occasional auto loan provider and brokerage firm.

5 questions for your banker in 2012
Is your bank account working for you? It's a good time to look for banks that provide services you need while helping you avoid fees and reach financial goals.

Michael Hudson: Banks Weren’t Meant to Be Like This
By Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College A shorter version of this article in German will run in the Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung on January 28. 2012 The inherently symbiotic relationship between banks and governments recently has been reversed. In medieval times, wealthy ...

What does your mobile phone usage say about your credit-worthiness?
By Scott Kirsner, Globe ColumnistDoes the number of text messages you send, or the time of day you make your...

Keep Your Identity: Secure yourself for this year and beyond
A happy and prosperous new year to all and may 2012 be an identity theft-free year for all of you. However, the probability of that happening is not real good.