Women entrepreneurs who have trouble raising capital for their ventures and managing the month-to-month cash flow often find business credit cards especially helpful. A business credit card provides you a…

Women shop a lot: We make 85% of all consumer purchases, according to data from the research firms Yankelovich Monitor and Greenfield Online. All that shopping means we’re pulling out…

Since home buying has sputtered, banks are feverishly pushing home equity lines of credit (or HELOCs) to homeowners whose properties have regained much of the value they lost during the…

No mom or dad wants their adult children to view them as a walking ATM. Still, when they’re struggling financially, what are you going to do? One thing’s for sure:…

What New College Grads Need To Know About Money By Caitlin Bonney, Next Avenue Contributor [I recently wrote a Next Avenue blog post about attending the college graduation of my niece Caitlin Bonney and offered…

Credit cards have been top of mind for me, and, I suspect, many of you lately. Hardly a week goes by without news of another credit and debit card security…

The job market has been tough for older workers, but did you ever imagine that you wouldn’t land a job because of your credit report? It’s possible. As I wrote…

Here’s a dose of medicine women might not want to swallow: It’s getting more expensive for a wife to get health insurance through her husband’s plan. Employers, it seems, are…

Click here to listen to my interview with Consumer guru Michael Finney on KGO 810 News/Information in San Francisco. It’s near the end of the hour. Starts at 35:14! Talking about…

As if divorce isn’t fraught with enough pain and aggravation, your finances can wind up as collateral damage if your ex or soon-to-be ex has bad credit. Months after you’ve…