If I want genuinely free money from my bank, I need accounts that pay me simply for how I save, spend, or sign up, not ones that bury rewards behind confusing fees. Recent reporting on bank promotions ...

Liliana Hall was a writer for CNET Money covering banking, credit cards and mortgages. Previously, she wrote about personal credit for Bankrate and CreditCards.com. Checking account fees eat away at ...

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Meet the requirements and add up to $5,000 to your bank or investment account. That’s the promise some financial institutions are making right now. And while all of the 10 biggest sign-up bonuses for ...

Is a sign-up bonus on a bank or investment account really just “free money?” While cash bonuses of $400 all the way to $80,000 are enticing — and certainly can be beneficial — pros say you need to do ...

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