While social media may be a popular way to access low-cost financial advice, it’s an awful resource for a number of reasons.

HELOC interest rates dropped again this week, emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of this product over alternatives.

An add-on CD lets you make additional deposits after opening the account, unlike standard CDs where you can only deposit ...

A balance transfer is a good way to eliminate existing credit card debt over a set number of months, usually at a lower interest rate. After completing your balance transfer, have a plan in place to ...

Changes afoot at the Social Security Administration could open the door to scammers trying to prey on the fears of older adults and on concerns about their benefits being disrupted or mishandled.

It's rare for people to switch banks. Checking-account holders in the U.S. have had the same account for 19 years on average, while for savings-account holders it's an average of 17 years, according ...

February’s inflation report was better than expected, but it doesn’t tell us much about where prices are heading given the uncertainty around Trump’s trade war. “The widespread imposition of tariffs ...

The latest consumer price index shows that inflation eased a bit last month, rising just 0.2%. But whether this is the beginning of a downward trend is in doubt as tariffs are just starting to take ...

New week, new lows for home equity loans and lines of credit. The average rate on a $30,000 home equity line of credit (HELOC ...

Next week's Fed rate announcement could impact how much you can earn on savings accounts and CDs going forward. Here's what ...

Gone, at least for now, are the days of abundant 5%-and-up CDs, but there is some good news for consumers: These 5%-and-up ...

Bankrate Senior Industry Analyst Ted Rossman says a hybrid approach to banking might offer the “best of both worlds.” Keep ...