checking accounts

Only 45% of non-interest checking accounts are free, Bankrate.com reported Monday. The good news: These fees aren't inevitable.

Traveling the Mediterranean in summer and on a budget, cheap tickets on private jets, more protections for checking accounts and other consumer-focused news from The New York Times.

U.S. Bank hints that it may impose a fee for debit cards, among other pricing changes to its checking accounts.

Changes to fee waivers for certain Citibank checking accounts may not immediately apply to all customers, depending on when they opened the account.

Comments on this week's Your Money column, about whether banks will start charging for checking accounts and whether we should all be paying.

As banks look for new revenue sources, they are rolling out checking accounts with new fees attached. One bank ahead of the curve in this respect is Fifth Third Bank.

What you need to know about the Federal Reserve's new rules on overdraft fees for checking accounts.

If the past year has taught us anything, it's that we need to lower our expectations. Remember when investors assumed they'd earn 10% a year on their 401(k) plans?

Nowadays, investors are exchanging high fives and fist bumps if they make it through the month without losing money.