There seems to be a lot of confusion about whether you can pay your Medicare premiums from your health savings account (HSA). Technically, you cannot pay your Medicare premiums from your HSA. But yes, ...

Credit card issuers are increasingly scrutinizing how customers pay their bills, and one particular tactic can trigger the ...

Many people shop online with a credit or debit card, digital wallet or mobile payment service. But if these aren’t your preferred methods, you have other choices. You may also be able to pay for ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A $200 Venmo payment from someone you do not know seems like an honest mistake. At least that's what Venmo user Oscar thought when he saw the payment hit his account. So, he sent the ...

Under normal circumstances, a bank cannot take money from your checking account to pay off your credit card debt. There are exceptions to this rule, including if a bank gets a court judgment against ...

Kelly-Ann Franklin has spent more than two decades in journalism which has helped her build a wide knowledge base of business and personal finance topics. Her goal with editing is to ensure tough ...

Lucy Lazarony is an experienced personal finance journalist and writer who got her start in 1998 writing about financial topics. She writes accessible and easy-to-understand articles about credit, ...

One of the first checks ever recorded was written in the 11th century, in a marketplace in Basra, in present-day Iraq. There, a merchant issued a sakk: written instructions to his bank to make a ...

As a freelance personal finance writer since 2008, Jason has contributed to over 100 outlets including Forbes, USA Today, Newsweek, Time, U.S. News, Money.com and NerdWallet. As an industry leader, ...

Monthly mortgage payments can increase even if your interest rate is fixed. If your mortgage payment includes homeowners insurance, property taxes, homeowners association dues or other homeownership ...