Free Museum Admissions from Bank of America

If you are a Bank of America customer, you can get free admission to select museums on certain dates by showing your Bank of America credit or debit card and a photo ID. The eligible dates for 2009 are currently the first full weekend of each month through September, although their website says that more [...]

$75 bonus for free checking account at Bank of America

A few weeks ago I posted a rant about the stupidity of Bank of America and the monthly maintenance fee they charge on some MyAccess checking accounts. In my reasearch I found that although the MyAccess checking normally has an account maintenance fee if you don’t have a direct deposit, they were currently offering MyAccess [...]

Warning: Those unused credit cards could cost you!

Many of us have them: unused credit cards that we opened for whatever reason that we don’t use anymore and just have stuffed in a sock drawer or a desk. We may keep them because we think it will hurt our credit scores to cancel them, or for emergencies, or just because we are too [...]

Simplifying Finances: Automatic Payment Plans for Credit Cards

Here’s a tip you probably didn’t know, which may surprise you considering all the different ways credit card companies try to trip you up so they can raise your interest rates and tack on fees. Most credit card companies will allow you to enroll in an automatic payment program. Of course they don’t heavily advertise [...]

Simplifying Finances: Step 1 – Identify Needs

A few months ago I wrote about my need to simplify my finances by closing old bank accounts. I got off to a decent start, closing four obviously unnecessary accounts, but never went past that. Why? My theory is that those were the only ones that were obviously unnecessary, while the others I could make some case [...]