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Lucky enough to have a pension? Low interest rates mean it may no longer guarantee a secure retirement.

Allan Sloan
Oct 25, 2020 6:17 AM - Despite its good intentions, the Fed is setting the stage for huge problems down the road for pension funds and potential pension recipients.
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet
Oct 25, 2020 6:19 AM - The current day trading boom will end as these frenzies always do: in tears. While we wait for the inevitable crash, let's review not only why day traders are doomed but also why most people shouldn't trade, or even invest in, individual stocks.
Millennial Money: A new set of shopping tips in the pandemic

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet
Oct 25, 2020 6:19 AM - The best prices and first available inventory go to consumers who are more than just shoppers. They're also deal-hunting detectives and strategists. Here's how to shop smart in the midst of the pandemic.
5 credit mistakes that can haunt you

By BEV O'SHEA of NerdWallet
Oct 25, 2020 6:16 AM - Some credit mistakes are a lot worse than others. Little ones, like paying a credit card bill a day late, may cost you a penalty fee, but that's a relatively minor irritation -- it's not going to stand between you and a mortgage. Other seemingly small slip-ups can lead to full-fledged disasters.
Online shopping the pandemic away? There's a better way

Teresa Ghilarducci
Oct 24, 2020 6:00 AM - If you're one of the lucky people with a job, enough to eat and a place to live, what should you buy in a pandemic?
Discover launches new college planning tool

Oct 21, 2020 3:41 PM - Discover Student Loans recently launched My College Plan, an online tool that walks students through salaries and earning potential when looking at different schools, majors or careers.
CityBase bill-payment technology coming to Mount Prospect

Oct 21, 2020 3:31 PM - CityBase, a provider of government and utility payment technology, Wednesday announced a partnership with the village of Mount Prospect to introduce no-contact payment kiosks and simplified online payments for its residents.
Ben Franklin Financial pays stockholders prior to dissolution

Oct 19, 2020 3:02 PM - Arlington Heights-based Ben Franklin Financial Inc., the former holding company for Ben Franklin Bank of Illinois, Monday announced its board of directors has approved a distribution of $10.35 per share to its stockholders as it nears the end of the company's dissolution.
Millennial Money: Use a crisis to build helpful money habits

By AMRITA JAYAKUMAR of NerdWallet
Oct 18, 2020 6:15 AM - If stimulus checks, paused student loan payments and sticking close to home have helped you cut down debt, here's how to keep that momentum going.
Experts testify about systemic racism in Illinois home loan, banking industries

By RAYMON TRONCOSO
Oct 16, 2020 5:57 PM - In Illinois and around the country, an increasing number of universities, investigators and researchers are turning up evidence of systemic racism in the financial sector.

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