Ken Tumin

Ken Tumin, cofounder of DepositAccounts.com, a website owned by LendingTree that monitors bank interest rates, reviews and news.

Strategies to Make the Most of Your Cash in 2023
Personal Finances

Strategies to Make the Most of Your Cash in 2023

Cash is no longer trash. Yields on bank and credit union deposit accounts soared in 2022, as the Federal Reserve…

Stop Paying Annoying Bank Fees
Banking

Stop Paying Annoying Bank Fees

Banking fees are frustrating…and often unfair. Here’s how to determine your financial institution’s potential charges…and avoid paying them. Request disclosure.…

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now
Banking

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now

Lift-off! After punishing savers with two years of near-zero short-term interest rates, the Federal Reserve expects to hike its benchmark…

Smart Money Strategies for 2022
Personal Finances

Smart Money Strategies for 2022

The post-pandemic economy and consumer spending are robust. But surging inflation…global supply shortages…stocks near record highs…and bond yields near record…

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2021
Estate Planning

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2021

With interest rates way down and stock prices, as well as car prices, way up, Bottom Line Personal asked five financial experts for some of the shrewdest money moves you can make ...

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now
Banking

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now

With the return of low interest rates, savers must draw on some shrewd strategies and search for the best sources of higher yields on their savings. Here’s some help.

Your Bank Safe-Deposit Box Might Not Be as Safe as You Think
Banking

Your Bank Safe-Deposit Box Might Not Be as Safe as You Think

Losses from safe deposit boxes are not uncommon for reasons ranging from bank mistakes to floods.

How to Earn Much More on Your Savings Now That Interest Rates Are Rising
Banking

How to Earn Much More on Your Savings Now That Interest Rates Are Rising

After more than a decade of extraordinarily low interest rates, savers are finally seeing yields perk up now.

The 6 Worst Investments You Could Make Now
Portfolio Strategy

The 6 Worst Investments You Could Make Now

Don’t make these terrible choices that could quickly drain your investments and savings.

Top 10 Credit Unions Anyone Can Join
Banking

Top 10 Credit Unions Anyone Can Join

There is no shortage of reasons for consumers to consider abandoning banks. And credit unions are attracting many of those disaffected customers.

Best Interest Rates on Savings Accounts, CDs and Checking Accounts
Banking

Best Interest Rates on Savings Accounts, CDs and Checking Accounts

Can you finally start making some money on your savings? The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate twice…

Bank Inactivity Fees More Common Than You Think
Banking

Bank Inactivity Fees More Common Than You Think

Does it seem like your bank charges fees for everything these days? It might be worse than you think—some banks…

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now
Banking

Best Places to Stash Your Cash Now

Years of low interest rates have caused savers to throw their hands up in frustration. They can’t find any place…

Banks Create New Accounts with Higher Yields
Banking

Banks Create New Accounts with Higher Yields

Newly created savings accounts are offering higher yields. Several online banks have created the accounts to attract new customers, while…

Best Places for Your Cash Now
Banking

Best Places for Your Cash Now

Here are nationally available accounts with the best recent ­annual percentage yields (APY) as of January 20… Savings and money-market…

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2016
Investing

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2016

It’s no secret that you should try to take advantage of financial opportunities while protecting yourself from the dangers. But…

Where to Get the Best CD and Savings Account Rates
Banking

Where to Get the Best CD and Savings Account Rates

Below are the highest yields for accounts and CDs that were available nationally as of June 1 at banks online…

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2015
Investing

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2015

Every year at this time, Bottom Line/Personal asks leading personal finance experts for the shrewdest money moves that our readers…

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2014
Investing

The Shrewdest Money Moves You Can Make in 2014

For investors, borrowers, savers and consumers, rising interest rates and slow economic growth will help shape the outlook for 2014.…

Scammers Have a New Partner—Banks
Banking

Scammers Have a New Partner—Banks

The Justice Department has accused a pair of otherwise reputable banks—Zions Bank of Utah and First Bank of Delaware—of assisting scammers.…