bills

You'll get more for your money with no-contract wireless – as long as you pay your bill on time. Today, Boost Mobile, one of the pre-paid arms of Sprint, rolls out Monthly Unlimited with Shrinkage. It works like this: The basic Monthly Unlimited (unlimited phone, text, data, IM and 411) is...

If you've been looking for an easy way to remember when your bills are due, how much you owe and avoid late fees, then you should check out the free PageOnce Bills app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Bills is a recently released app that connects to all types of accounts and lets you know when your...

A recent survey of 5,000 nationally-representative adults, sponsored by NACHA, the National Automated Clearing House Association (a group of companies in the payments industry) asked the question: Why do people go paperless when it comes to receiving and paying their bills? The answers: It's...

You've just moved into your sweet new house a half-mile from campus, free from nagging RAs, lackluster dining hall food and Draconian quiet hours that cramp your music-blasting study methods. It's the end of summer and you happen to be the first person to move in, so you call up the cable...

If you've lived with someone else for any period of time, you know what a pain it can be to track who still owes their part of the cable bill, what's left on rent and who has or hasn't paid for groceries in three weeks. I've seen Excel sheets, whiteboards, bulletin boards and yes, even a chalkboard...

Imagine a world where you don't have to write or mail a check, handle paper money or swipe your credit card -- all you have to do is enter some information into a Web site to make a financial transaction. That's the world of electronic payments, and if you haven't discovered the convenience of...

This week Intuit released Quicken 2010, the latest update to the popular Quicken line of personal finance software. Included in the release are several features and enhancements to provide a better user experience in Quicken 2010 as well as an easy-to-use conversion tool to help Microsoft Money...

Consumers who haven't migrated their bill receiving functions online are increasingly finding that they're at the mercy of companies now charging for paper statements. It's a source of irritation for many who feel that businesses have no right to charge for information that informs consumers how...

In a move similar to how car insurance carriers offer price comparison service for potential customers, T-Mobile has teamed up with BillShrink to give your cell phone bill a makeover. If you watched the American Idol Finale last night you may have caught Catherine Zeta Jones offering to help a...

How confident would you feel in your finances if you could click one button and see what your bank statement would look like for the next month taking into account all of your bills paychecks and credit card payments? It sounds pretty good, almost too good; but that's exactly what you can do with...