ING Direct Orange Savings Account Referral Links ($25 Bonus)

It seems that with the new year many of my readers are looking to open a new ING Direct Orange Savings account, based on some of the search terms people have used to find the site in the last week. So to satisfy the masses, I am posting the following referral links. These links will [...]

Happy New Year! Here’s my financial to-do list

Happy New Year, fellow cheap bastards! Everyone looks at the beginning of a new year as a new beginning of sorts, and it seems like everyone likes to put together their list of resolutions. I’ve never really liked the practice or the term, mainly because most people come up with stuff like “I want to [...]

My babies got cash for Christmas – what to do?

We are parents of 7 week old twins. Although they aren’t old enough to even think about shopping, they had family members who gave them money for Christmas. Since they can’t spend it for themselves, it leaves us as parents with the dilemma of what to do with the money. Since they aren’t old enough [...]

Have a Visa or Mastercard? You may have some money coming your way!

Have a Visa or Mastercard, or did you have one between 1996 and 2006? Then you may be due some money from a recent legal settlement related to disclosures and fees related to foreign currency transactions and fees. If you used a Visa, Mastercard or Diners Club card (charge, credit or debit/ATM) issued in the [...]

ING Direct Orange Savings $25 Bonus Codes

For anyone out there who doesn’t already have an ING Direct Orange Savings account, here is a quick way to make $25. If you are a new customer and open an ING Direct Orange Savings with $250 using one of the codes below, ING Direct will pay you a bonus of $25 (in interest of [...]

Rant: Bank Customer Service Hell

This was not a good day for my nerves in maintaining my various financial accounts. Today I have had to waste nearly an hour on the phone to fix errors by my banks. Here’s a rundown of the stupidity:

Chase – I opened a new Chase personal credit card account in October and did a [...]

No direct deposit? No problem!

How many times do you see the offers from banks: “Free checking with direct deposit” or “$100 bonus when you open a new account with direct deposit”? So many bank offers and fee waivers are contingent on having direct deposit, and with good reason. Banks know that the more integrated your account is with the [...]