Banking

Dear Moneyist, I am 62 and my partner is 70. We have been together for 16 years, living together for 12 of those. We have always had separate bank accounts. In 2008, we lost virtually everything in the Great Recession, and have…

I am a single mother of 2 children.  I work 6 days per week, and I also go to school. We live on our own in a house that I currently rent. I am saving to buy a home of my own, and I am also paying off my car. This pandemic has…

Dear Moneyist, Several years ago, on a whim, my wife and I had our DNA tested by Ancestry.com. Last week we were contacted by a half brother my wife never knew she had. In fact, I don’t believe her father had any idea he had…

Bitcoin prices are on the rise, notwithstanding a recent bout of weakness, but experts interviewed by MarketWatch caution that although it may feel inevitable, an exchange-traded fund backed by a digital-currency may not be seen as quickly…

Dear Moneyist, I’m a 28-year-old male marrying a 30-year-old woman. I have racked up about $100,000 in student-loan debt by earning two graduate degrees; luckily I obtained a finance job with unlimited earning potential, just…

After a delay, payment-technology company Affirm Holdings Inc. is about to get paid. The company, which lets people purchase goods and pay over time, priced its initial public offering at $49 a share late Tuesday, according to…

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday blacklisted seven men, including several former Ukrainian officials, for allegedly interfering in U.S. elections as agents of Russia’s government by advancing theories about…

The U.K.’s financial regulator on Monday issued a very blunt warning about the rise of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. “ “If consumers…

Dear Moneyist, My ex-boyfriend was killed in an accident. With him being unmarried and my child being his only surviving child, he was awarded a large sum of money in the subsequent lawsuit. As he was 10 at the time, I set up…

Dear Moneyist, I pay my gardener $100 per month. He or one of his employees comes once a week on Mondays, and does a pretty good job. When the weather is rainy, he does not come until it is dry, so sometimes there is a week…