When you bank online, you trust that your account is safe from hackers. Even so, online accounts can seem to consumers like easy targets: Instead of robbing a bank, a criminal could simply whisk away ...

Online banking has made money management more convenient than ever. Whether it's paying bills, tracking your spending, or transferring cash to your savings account, you can do it all on the internet.

Federally insured online banks usually carry the same FDIC insurance as traditional banks. Because they don't carry the operating expenses of traditional banks, online banks can offer more competitive ...

I’ve never felt unsafe using online banking or mobile banking apps, despite many years spent researching threats. Headlines about criminals using AI to create shockingly convincing impersonation scams ...

Bank of America, the second-largest bank in the United States, was fined $150 million by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau back in July for engaging in “deceptive practices.” The bank charged ...

Online savings accounts have turned a few taps on a phone into a full banking relationship, often with higher yields than traditional branches and fewer fees. That convenience comes with a tradeoff: ...

Online banking has gotten a lot safer in recent years, but it’s not 100% out of harm’s way, and there have been more than a couple serious security breaches at major security breaches at top financial ...

David McMillin writes about credit cards, mortgages, banking, taxes and travel. Based in Chicago, he writes with one objective in mind: Help readers figure out how to save more and stress less. He is ...