ATMs

A ski mask, a gun and a getaway car -- used to be, that's all you needed to pull off a bank robbery. But nowadays, that's so old school. In what's becoming an increasingly common practice, if you're planning to rob a bank, an ATM skimmer is the way to go. And as terrible as it is for customers,...

In a move that highlights the shifting face of American banking, two large grocery chains are changing the way they let customers pay for food. Fresh & Easy has stopped taking personal checks at its 70 California stores, and Whole Foods Market (WFMI) is testing a check-free policy at two Los...

Over the years, I've been hit by every bank fee imaginable: overdraft fees, non-sufficient funds and, of course, I've been ensnared in the vast matrix of ATM fees. I'm not proud of this. I think it just comes with the territory, when you're a freelance writer, or freelance anyone, and you're not...