Start by identifying your primary banking needs: checking, savings, CDs or specialized services. Online banks typically offer ...

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Mark Henricks has written on mortgages, real estate and investing for many leading publications. He works from Austin, Texas, where he engages in songwriting, wilderness backpacking, whitewater ...

Toni Husbands was a staff writer with CNET Money. She began writing about personal finance to document her experience paying off $107,000 of debt, which is detailed in her book "The Great Debt Dump." ...

Our team reviewed 154 of the country’s largest and most prominent financial institutions, from big banks like Chase and Bank of America to credit unions like Navy Federal Credit Union and PenFed ...

If you’re comfortable managing your finances with a computer or a smartphone -- and can do without standing in line at your local bank branch -- enrolling in an online bank or online credit union is a ...

An online bank provides many of the same functions and services as a traditional bank, except it doesn’t have any physical branches. Instead, you complete your banking tasks from your computer or ...

Shelby Fishman is an assistant editor for MarketWatch Picks. Previously, she served as an assistant editor for custom content at Barron’s Group. Shelby studied broadcast journalism at Southern ...