Non-profit groups, financial institutions, government agencies, libraries and others started to increase the effectiveness of their community-based financial education programs today when the Pennsylvania Office of Financial Education opened a two-day conference.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond released its 2007 Annual Report, which features the essay "Are We Saving Enough? Households and Retirement."

Today's economic climate has left more consumers strapped for cash. Those who don't qualify for bank loans or credit cards increasingly are turning to short-term, consumer loans -- often called "payday loans" -- to help make ends meet.

A new book by Douglas Andrew titled Millionaire by Thirty shows the path how one can achieve financial freedom and become a millionaire by age 30.

Wachovia's fourth annual Retirement Survey shows that major gaps exist between men and women when it comes to planning for and living in retirement.

Wouldn't PIN numbers make credit cards safer and less vulnerable to ID theft? There is a good news for credit card users. It seems that the industry is moving toward giving an option to consumers who will soon be able to choose between a signature or PIN number in order to authenticate the transaction.

From saving to buy an MP3 player to saving for college, elementary school students at 19 schools in three states will learn about the importance of saving from M&T Bank volunteers during "National Teach Children to Save Day."

This is the week that our economy is supposed to start turning around as the government has put the first tax rebates economic stimulus checks in the mail. Millions of Americans will receive their economic stimulus checks this week.

As the federal stimulus checks as being sent by the government today, Sears, desperate to get your tax rebate checks, offers 10 percent if consumer buys a gift card from the store and spend his or her entire economic stimulus tax rebate on the gift card.

April 15 is the deadline for filing a federal tax return. But not everybody can meet that deadline. If you need more time to get your paperwork in, make sure you file a Form 4868, Automatic Extension of Time to File, with the IRS by the April 15 deadline and you'll get an automatic six-month extension of time to file.

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The Internal Revenue Service today urged taxpayers eligible for the economic stimulus payment to file their tax return now in order to get their payment in a timely manner.