How many people don’t have a bank account? And just how difficult has it become to live without one? These questions are becoming increasingly important as more businesses refuse to take cash in ...

More than 6 million Americans receive paper tax refund checks annually. Often, those refunds go to purchase groceries or pay the bills. But this year, those taxpayers may be surprised to learn that ...

As a mother of six who works in a Los Angeles Jack-in-the-Box, Anneisha Williams can’t afford to pay steep bank fees. For her, every dollar matters, and overdraft fees have left her frustrated and fed ...

ATLANTA - The FDIC reports that about 6 million Americans are "unbanked." That means they have no savings or checking accounts. This kind of money management can be unsafe and expensive. Households ...

American households without bank accounts could be spending $230 million a year for just three financial services they use outside the banking system. But not all “unbanked” households are ready to ...

In a surprising turn of events, blockchain-based financial services provider, Unbanked, today announced its decision to wind down operations. The company, established in 2018 with the ambition to ...

The St. Louis region has one of the largest populations of people not using mainstream banking services of any major city in the United States. This population, also known as “unbanked,” either does ...

The percentage of US households lacking access to a checking account is now at a record low, but minorities still have a weaker connection to the American banking system than white households do.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m an Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Nicosia. An elderly homeless man walks slowly past a Barclays Bank cash ...

American households without bank accounts could be spending $230 million a year for just three financial services they use outside the banking system. But not all “unbanked” households are ready to ...

Studies show that individuals and their families who don’t have bank accounts could face challenges with establishing credit, buying a home, building wealth and paying unnecessary fees to access their ...

Most financial experts agree that the best time to start using a credit card is 18, as long as one is equipped with the financial education to tackle the responsibility of taking on debt. The sooner ...