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According to Bankrate.com's latest Financial Security Index, consumers' feelings about their money and job situations reached a new level of despair for 2011 in early August, with the index hitting a low of 92.3, down from 95.6 the month before.

Even as investors reel from the stock-market roller coaster this week, Wall Street is moving on, with plenty of news on the way. Next week will bring headlines about retail and gaming earnings, as well as quarterly reports from News Corp., SodaStream and some newly public Chinese firms.

ATM fees have become even more of a budget buster in the last year, especially in cities like Seattle, Denver, Houston and Miami where fees ATM owners charge non customers are, on average, 30 cents or more higher than in other parts of the country, a recent Bankrate study found. Bankrate's 2010...

Gift cards are the most popular and most requested item this holiday season; with 57% of adults saying they prefer to receive gift cards this year, according to the National Retail Federation. And for those who give and receive, there are many reasons to rejoice. New laws have extended redemption...

If you're looking to open a new bank account and want free checking, you might want to start your search by taking a look at Bankrate.com's new survey of credit unions to see which ones offer it. Of the 50 largest credit unions in the country, 39 of them have free checking. Which isn't to say that...