The Stanford Technology Ventures Program has announced 22 winners of a global competition that challenged student teams to come up with a way to make saving money fun.

Two teams of University of Rochester students are moving on to a global competition after submitting winning videos to solve a problem: How to save money and make it fun at the same time. 

On November 12, fifth-grade students in Brecksville, OH will play the stock market and learn the risks and rewards of real-life investing.

Even if you do everything right, you could still become a victim to ID theft. Here are some of the most common ways in which people become victims.

I’m going to tell you a little story about an individual who had an experience that afterwards; you can determine whether it was credit card fraud or identity theft.

Your credit report - and therefore your credit score - can open many doors. Or… it can slam them shut.

Whatever your opinion of the government’s plan to oversee your finances, you should know that small business still has a voice with the power to affect legislation.

Some call it consumer protection. Some say it's necessary because government regulation has broken down and failed us, even though some who are expressing that opinion were heavily involved in the breakdown. Others see it as an ever-growing insult by the federal government, telling us that we are not smart enough to make good decisions, therefore we must leave it up to them. What's the target this time? The Fed is upset because you are not saving enough of your paycheck for a rainy day, and they intend to do something about that by taking your money before you get a chance to spend it.