Debt Management Tools: The Cost of a Credit Card’s Convenience?

Every once in awhile, Mint gets email with questions on personal finance; and every once in awhile, we put on our thinking cap and (try to) write a thoughtful response to these emails. Here’s one such email from one of our readers, and the corresponding opinions from this very minty blog.

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Online Finance Software: A Minty Way to Keep Track of Your Daily Spending

How much money did you spend on In-N-Out, Alerto’s burrito, and fast food last month? What about gas? Or Groceries? Do you ever wonder where your money went at the end of the month? Keeping track of your daily spending can definitely be a challenge, but thankfully, there will soon be a very minty way to do it!

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Personal Expenses Management - How to Tackle Your Debt in Five Simple Steps

personal expenses management is something that we care about here at Mint. Learn more with great expense management tips in our blog article index.

Any Mint reader who finds themselves stuck under a mountain of consumer or credit card debt understands the anxiety involved with owing money. Over half of American families with credit cards report [...]

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Carnival Monday: Personal Finance & Family Life

Happy Monday to all and we hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend. The 100th Carnival of Personal Finance is live at My Open Wallet! There are many great entries, so if you have an hour (or five) to kill, check out the carnival!

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Debt Management Tools: Four Methods For Paying Your Credit Card Bills On Time

Late fees hurt. Seriously. For college students, the average late fee represents 78 tacos from Jack in the Box. For young professionals, they represent dinner for two at a moderately-priced restaurant. For the families with teenage children… well, late fees represent the extra charges on your cell phone bill from excessive text messaging. Thankfully for all of us, there are two simple methods to pay your bills on time, and two last-minute methods for those of us with a memory of a scarecrow.

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Personal Finance Interview with John of Queercents.com

Along with other top-notch bloggers at Queercents, John writes about sensible personal finance on a regular basis. Recent spiffy articles includes “When Renting is Better Than Buying” and “Using Coupons on a First Date.” Check out today’s interview to read more about John and his personal finances.

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Financial Planning: The Three Banking Regulations / Laws That You Should Know

Ah. Banking regulations and laws, these are the stuff that truly inspires excitement — about as much excitement as watching another re-run of Everybody Loves Raymond. Taking the fun factor aside, here are three common banking regulations that you will come across everyday, which you should know just a little bit more about.

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Carnival Monday: Personal Finance & Family Life

It’s a happy Monday and you’ll find Mint’s blog participating in two carnivals for the week. The 1st anniversary of the Carnival of Family Life can be read at the very cool family/mommy blog, An Island Life.

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Family Budget - The Four Terrible Money Mistakes We Make With Our Kids

Creating a family budget is something that we care about here at Mint. Learn more tips to build a family budget in our blog article index.

If you’re lucky enough to be a parent, no doubt you’ve already planned out the first eighteen years of your child’s life. True to your dreams, they should have all [...]

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Money Saving Tips: Saving Account for Pre-Teen and Teens

Money saving tips are something that we care about here at Mint. Find more money saving tips in our blog article index.

Last week, we received a question from one of our readers, Conner. We have some money saving tips, but first, his question:
To start, I’m 13, so I don’t have a credit card, or [...]

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