Filed under: Credit , Banking From Kickstarter to Crowdtilt , crowdfunding is all the rage these days as a method for financing large undertakings and projects, especially those of an artistic variety. But what if instead of convincing others to help you make the next great mumblecore indie film, you could use crowdfunding to deal with something both more mundane and more pressing … like your credit card debt

Filed under: JP Morgan Chase , Banking , Crime , Personal Finance Standing next to the ATM on Tuesday, I stared at the receipt in my hand and tried to make the numbers add up. My wife and I had both been paid only a few days before, but our bank account now had less than $200 in it.

Filed under: Economy , Taxes , Banking Faced with the prospect of becoming the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history , in February, the city of Stockton, Calif., decided on a novel gambit. To avoid going “bankrupt,” they’d simply stop paying some of their bills, leaving more money to pay their other bills

Filed under: Economy , Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , Bank of America , Citigroup , Wells Fargo & Co , Market News , Banking Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo said something earlier this week that should cause the ears of every adult in the country to prick up: While America’s big banks are in better overall shape than they were just before the start of the 2008 financial crisis, there’s still “room for improvement at virtually every firm.” Considering how quickly the big banks started to circle the drain after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy in September 2008, saying the banks are in better shape today than… Is Another Banking Crisis Staring America in the Face

Filed under: Banking , Personal Finance Think of Swiss bank accounts, and what likely comes to mind are the shady dealings of international criminals, secret agents and tax dodgers. But is that image more fiction than fact? On Monday, Mitt Romney’s Swiss bank account came back into the limelight when Sen.