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Posted: February 9, 2012 1:46PM by Greg McFarlane
Credit. It's what separates us from the lower primates. With it, we're granted temporary access to other people's money; money we can use to finance aspirations greater than if we were limited to our...

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Posted: February 2, 2012 11:53AM by Tim Parker
Technology has taken the thrill out of the good old fashioned bank heist. No longer is money stolen by jumping on a train, blasting a hole in the side of a bank or tunneling under a vault. Today, big...

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Posted: January 27, 2012 8:13AM by Angie Mohr
Banks became the eye of the financial crisis hurricane in 2008, when their operating and accounting practices led to instability in both consumer and commercial markets across the globe. Since then...

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Filed Under: Banking, Regulations
Posted: January 16, 2012 9:29AM by Janet Fowler
The financial situation of the past few years has certainly brought its share of financial hardships for many homeowners. In the most dire of circumstances, some homeowners are forced to foreclose on...

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Posted: January 13, 2012 9:06AM by Ana Gonzalez Ribeiro
2011 was a year marked by many financial imbalances. High unemployment rates and national economic instability made consumers uneasy. Adding to consumer woes, several financial institutions, utility...

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Posted: January 12, 2012 9:00AM by Tim Parker
No two areas of the investment market have performed worse than the banks and real estate. If you're an investor, you've felt the financial pain that comes with such a dramatic underperformance over...

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Filed Under: Banking, Economy, Real Estate
Posted: January 10, 2012 8:48AM by Brian O'Connell
It's no secret that mobile payments are growing by leaps and bounds. It's not hyperbole to say that mobile payments are the future of financial transactions, especially in the consumer-to-business...

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