Mrs. Micah: Finance for a Freelance Life

Entries Tagged as 'banking & savings'

Wachovia the Latest to Fall

September 30th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The details of Citigroup’s takeover of Wachovia. Also my reactions as a taxpayer and as a Wachovia customer.

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Tags: banking & savings

How We Optimized Our Banking

September 11th, 2008 · 9 Comments

How we took 5 disorganized bank accounts and converted them into 3 organized accounts.

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Tags: banking & savings

How to Keep Christmas Shopping from Taking Over Your December Paycheck

September 9th, 2008 · 13 Comments

Christmas shopping can eat up your December paycheck or leave you with credit card regret. Here are some ways to prepare for a more financially-healthy Christmas.

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Tags: banking & savings · shopping

Objective: Close Old Bank Account. Status: Success!

September 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments

7 steps to closing an active bank account. Trying to close one can feel overwhelming at first, but it doesn’t have to be!

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Tags: banking & savings

Why Electric Orange Accounts are a Bad Idea

September 4th, 2008 · 9 Comments

It’s hard for me to write decisive titles, they’re so usefully dramatic and I feel so worried about dramatic liberties. So let’s add all kinds of conditional clauses. I love Electric Orange accounts, for example, and I’m glad that I have one. I even feel fine recommending them to others (in fact, this crossed my [...]

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Tags: banking & savings

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