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Tens of millions of Americans take to the Web regularly to do our most important financial business. As we do, the company Corporate Insight is tracking which institutions are offering customers the best new online innovations. Here's what CI found:

Amazon's holidays are off to a great start, but with its stock trading north of 100 times earnings, AMZN shares could be the one thing you don't want to buy from the online retailer. Instead, consider these companies that are riding on the coattails of the online shopping boom.

Google's (GOOG) Wallet is getting thicker. The company is adding Visa, American Express and Discover to its payment system, which aims to make cellphones the credit cards of tomorrow. Google Inc. on Monday said it has licensed the right to add virtual "cards" from the three payment networks to its...

It's summer, a season of warm days and scary air-conditioning bills. Want to pay your bills with plastic so you can get reward points? Well, the credit-card fees utilities charge could change your mind. SmartCharge offers some customers a way to avoid those fees.

If you've been racking up credit card rewards, summer is the perfect time to use them. In fact, a new survey suggests that more Americans plan to do just that -- cashing in their credit card rewards as a money-savvy way to enjoy everything from quick weekend getaways to extended overseas vacations -- during the summer months.

In our recent roundup of top credit cards researched by the folks at CardRatings.com, the results were obvious: Banks' predictions after the CARD Act kicked in that you'd never be able to get your hands on a new credit card if your credit wasn't in tip-top shape were an exaggeration. Although your...

It's not hard to see why Gold Rush: Alaska, the Discovery Channel's new series on present-day gold prospectors has hit pay dirt. More than just a part of American history, panning for gold in the field has become a reasonable option for some unemployed.

Discover Financial Services posted a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell less than analysts had expected. Sales from its eponymous credit card grew 5% from a year earlier as falling interest rates spurred more usage and as more merchants started accepting the card.

Four of the top six credit card issuers reported an increase in the number of debts they they wrote off as uncollectable in August. But there were a few positive signs as well.

Consumers in the U.S. are keeping their credit cards in their wallets in favor of using debit cards to avoid building up more debt, according to a new report by Javelin Strategy & Research. Key findings of the report: