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Personal Finance: Buying Advice, Tips, and News

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Need a replacement for Mint? Make sense of your budget, get a grasp on your household spending, or check your credit score with the top apps we've tested for managing your personal finances.

By Kathy Yakal
4.5
Editors' Choice

Quicken Simplifi is one of the best apps for managing your money, with excellent tools for planned spending, transaction management, reports, and mobile access.

By Kathy Yakal

The tax agency also says it will add support for more filing situations to its free tax-prep app.

By Rob Pegoraro
3.5

Empower is a handy free personal finance app for investment tracking and retirement planning, but it only lets you do basic transaction management and budgeting.

By Kathy Yakal

Taiwanese resident Ruisiang Lin allegedly sold over $100 million in illegal drugs through the site Incognito Market before it shut down in March.

By Michael Kan

The SEC rules update impacts broker-dealers (including funding portals), investment companies, registered investment advisers, and transfer agents.

By Emily Price

A Dutch court finds Alexey Pertsev guilty of helping launder over $2 billion because he co-developed the crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which the court calls a tool for 'crimes and terrorism.'

By Kate Irwin

More than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes directly with the IRS this year.

By Emily Price

If you're no longer using the money management app, follow these steps to keep your information safe before you say goodbye to Cash App.

By Chandra Steele

The Xbox-themed Mastercard offers perks designed to appeal to hardcore Xbox fans.

By Michael Kan

Get an extra six months to file your taxes by applying for a free extension until October. The downside is, if you owe money to the government, you should still pay today.

By Eric Griffith

Today is Tax Day! You can still file without an extension and even save some money. We'll show you how.

By Karl Klockars  & John Mihaly

We test and rate the top mobile tax apps that let you prepare and file returns from your phone or tablet.

By Kathy Yakal

We test and rate the top online tax services to help you find the best one for filing quickly and accurately—and for getting the largest possible refund.

By Kathy Yakal

No matter what your financial goals may be— budgeting better, saving for retirement, or simply making your taxes easier—these top-tier personal finance apps will help you get the job done.

By Kathy Yakal

Attackers are hiding malware in fake GitHub repositories crafted to seem popular and legitimate, but in reality, they're just vessels to deploy software that swipes crypto.

By Kate Irwin

If you haven't filed your taxes this year, don't worry. This no-nonsense guide will help you find all the documents you need, quickly identify big deductions, and get everything done ahead of the deadline.

By Eric Griffith

This system for naming and storing all the paperwork you need to prepare your taxes is easy, and you don't have to follow it perfectly for it to work.

By Jill Duffy

Offers through Chase Media Solutions will be limited to US customers of the Chase Offers and cash back programs, which operate on the bank’s app and website.

By Michael Kan

Medical costs are the most fragmented taxable expenses you have. We break down the best ways to organize them before filing your taxes.

By Kathy Yakal