By Zoe Han
Tuesday’s top personal finance stories
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Bank of America will pay customers $100 million for ‘double-dipping’ on fees and opening fake accounts. Will you be one of them?
The $250 million sum includes $100 million in redress to affected customers, regulators said. Read More
On Amazon Prime Day, I got a $249 Apple Watch for free. Here’s how I did it.
It took some fancy footwork — although not 10,000 daily steps — to snag this freebie. Read More
BTS book: 7 career tips in the K-pop sensation’s new best-selling memoir
How do you spell success? B-T-S. The story of the group’s rise to stardom offers several key takeaways that could potentially help anyone in their career Read More
Biden administration official advises student-loan borrowers to make payments during grace period: ‘It’s not a pause’
Under secretary of education James Kvaal said there are several key differences between the ‘on-ramp’ for borrowers and the COVID-era student-loan pause. Read More
‘There’s nothing in the data that shows prices crash’: U.S. housing market is showing remarkable resilience.
The average home buyer may be frustrated by high home prices. But like it or not, the housing market is on the up. Read More
My brother is a veteran with PTSD. He lives with a relative. How do I help him invest his modest savings?
‘Index funds didn’t provide much income,’ the letter writer says. Read More
Is now a good time to refinance your student loans? You could save money, but tread carefully.
‘It’s not the same as the warm and fuzzy student loans that you started out with. It’s a bank loan,’ one student-loan expert said. Read More
The price of electricity continues to climb, but there’s a dozen ways to lower your energy bill
Several home improvement investments can pay off in the long run, but there are plenty of free or cheap ways to cut your energy costs too. Read More
-Zoe Han
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