If you’re making a big purchase, ideally you will save up for it and pay the cost out of your checking account. Doing this enables you to avoid interest charges, which only add to the cost of whatever you’re buying. You can also avoid getting stuck with a monthly payment that eats up you...

You don’t have to get into the deepest level of detail on the first date, but when it gets serious enough that you’re considering a long-term future, you can make it less awkward by prefacing your questions with statements that don’t feel judgmental. Here are some questions you can use to open...

1. Review your subscriptions It’s easy to rack up subscriptions and then lose track of them, especially if they only renew every few months or every year. Even if they’re only a few dollars, they can add up over time, so it’s a good idea to review yours every once in a while to mak...

The City of Fargo has terminated its Director of Finance less than one year after she was hired after an investigation found that Terri Gayhart lied on her job application about staff conflicts at previous jobs, lacked leadership and communication skills, and violated the city’s conduct and ethics...

Are you looking to leverage your business’s accounts receivables into immediate cash flow? Debtor finance, or invoice financing, is an option worth considering. This type of alternative funding allows businesses to draw on their outstanding invoices and unpaid customer bills to receive a quick inf...

 Jennie Bennett spent four years as Chicago’s chief financial officer, faced with structurally imbalanced budgets and plummeting revenue during the pandemic. She led the push to build the city’s first casino and her work helped the city make fiscal improvements to shed its one junk credit r...

As the capabilities of artificial intelligence expand, it’s becoming integral to many aspects of our lives. Many entrepreneurs are making use of AI tools to come up with ideas, create content, and run processes that they would have previously hired a human to do. So what other roles are robots abo...

Only half of couples discuss how they’ll manage finances before they get married Hello and welcome to Financial Face-off, a MarketWatch column where we help you weigh a financial decision. Our columnist will give her verdict. Tell us whether you think she’s right in the comments. And ple...

They say change is the only constant in life, but that doesn’t make it any less challenging to navigate even under the best of circumstances. This is especially true when it comes to career transitions. Work is so often the bedrock of our financial stability — not to mention a key resource for o...