American Households Pay $290 A Year On Average In Bank Fees

GET.com Consumer News & Opinions View this email in your browser 26 July 2016 American Households Pay $290 A Year On Average In Bank Fees There was a time in America when banks fell all over themselves competing for customers. You were likely to be regaled with cash bonuses or small appliances for opening an account, and free checking was hardly unusual. All that changed in 2008. The mortgage meltdown and subsequent Great... Read in browser Verizon Sets Out To Acquire Yahoo Assets In a deal valued at $4.83 billon, cellular carrier Verizon will acquire most of the assets of Internet giant Yahoo. Announced just yesterday, the move is seen as an attempt by Verizon to compete with Facebook and Google for advertising dollars and Internet traffic. For those who are curious to... Read in browser 7 States In U.S. With The Fastest-Growing Job Markets Employment rates in the United States are going up, and it's all thanks to a handful of states with red-hot job markets. The following 7 states that we'll be delving into will all see jobs grow by between 2.7% and 3.5%, beating the national average of 1.8% by a considerably wide margin.... Read in browser 5 American Cities With The Cheapest Beer Who doesn't like to chug down ice-cold beers especially during sumertime, right? Well, the United States is not winning the race to the bottom of the beer bottle, at least in terms of price. For those who don't know, the prices of alcohol beverages vary greatly across the world! The 2016 GoEuro... Read in browser American Cars vs. Foreign Cars: Which Are Better For Your Wallet? The argument about whether to buy automobiles from domestic or foreign manufacturers dates back to the late 1950s, when the first Japanese cars made their way into the US. But discussions tend to center around patriotism and what is better for the US economy rather than what is best for your... Read in browser Top 5 Most-Loved Road Trip Snacks In USA It's summertime right now, and you know many Americans are and will be embarking on countless road trips. Well, it shouldn't come as a surprise that a large fraction, 93 percent, of travelers will purchase snacks of some sort while getting on their journeys. Who wouldn't feel peckish, right? A... Read in browser Amazon Now Sells Student Loans Tesla's Elon Musk may be headed to Mars, but Amazon's Jeff Bezos is getting into the student loan business in partnership with Wells Fargo. Under the terms of the deal announced on Thursday, Wells Fargo will offer discounts on new student loans and refinancing on existing loans for members of... Read in browser Will Visa Buy PayPal Over Someday? Have you used PayPal to conveniently pay for your online purchases before? There's been a lot of speculation lately that Visa might be mulling over purchasing PayPal. That speculation heated up on Thursday when Visa and PayPal announced a partnership to process Visa transactions on PayPal and its... Read in browser Cost Of Commuting Drives Americans To Work From Home Are you one of the lucky ones who get to work in the comfort of your own home? The number of Americans who do some or all of their work from home increased by 60% between 2003 and 2015. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans now work from home some or all of the time, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.... Read in browser   Recent Articles: 4 Places Where You'll Find The Most Optimistic Employees In America Copyright © 2016 GET.com, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed on GET.com (previously known as DailyMarkets.com). Our mailing address is: GET.com 14 Wall St 20 Fl New York, NY 10005 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list