Recently, we’ve been tackling different perspectives on student debt. We had an interview with a soon-to-be grad, who faces paying back $50,000 in student loans, and wrote about how recent grads are faring in the workforce, detailing 5 different stories from real-life recent grads. We also addressed the media’s treatment of millennials, and how to
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Q: My wife and I filed our tax returns jointly and we received a tax refund check that was written out to both our names. We do not yet have a joint bank account. Is it possible to deposit the tax refund check into one of our own checking accounts?
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I had a checking account with Bank One, opened 9 years ago in Colorado. In 2004, it seems Chase acquired Bank One. Chase told me they could not find my accounts and there’s nothing they can do about it. I was told that the account might have settled, closed out, or been escheated to the
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Analysts and commentators talk about millennials (also generally known as Gen-Y) in hushed tones, as if we’re not in the room and on the web, reading every single thing they postulate about our futures. Well, actually, when The Atlantic ran a piece last week titled “The Unluckiest Generation: What Will Become of Millennials?” I avoided
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Q: I recently paid $240 with a Citibank MasterCard debit card to a locksmith to fix a broken door handle. Two days later, the door handle simply fell off and it was apparently not fixed at all. Multiple attempts to contact the locksmith have been unsuccessful. Then, I discovered that this locksmith was unlicensed by
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Q: I’m a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong who will be traveling to the U.S. for classes. I want to open a bank account through the phone or Internet and transfer money before I travel to the U.S. Is there any way to do this?
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Embarking on New Territory I have been a member of the “real world” now (the actual real world, not the MTV show) for about 7 months. I graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelors Degree in Communications and Media Studies, a concentration in Journalism, and a Minor in History. Armed with this new degree, I
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Q: I moved out of my hometown recently and I’ve found a new local bank. But, I still have a Bank of America account that I want closed. Since I’m now out of the state, I don’t want to make the long drive to the nearest Bank of America branch (two hours away) to close
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In the very hectic lives that we lead, having to pay the monthly bills is a just another chore that sucks up our time. To make it easier, there’s automatic payments — my preferred method of taking care of those monthly bills. But, there are drawbacks, like when I unknowingly overpaid on my cellphone bill
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Q: I know saving is important but I have too much debt. Because the interest rates on my debt are higher than I’ll ever get in a savings account (and I don’t feel ready to use a retirement account), I’m focusing on paying off debt for now. Is this the correct approach to take?
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