Today’s top story: How paying rent can affect your credit. Also in the news: How to protect yourself from cybercrime while banking with your phone, why you shouldn’t consider something “yours” until it’s completely paid off, and financial strategies for creative types without steady incomes.
How Paying Rent Can Affect Your Credit
Rent-reporting services can boost your credit.
4 ways to dodge cybercrime when banking, shopping on mobile phones
Convenience can come with a hefty price.
Avoid Saying You “Own” Something Until It’s Paid Off
It isn’t yours until the last payment is made.
The #1 Reason Artists Struggle With Money, and 3 Simple Strategies to Turn Things Around
Advice for creative types.
Today’s top story: Buying credit and identity theft monitoring. Also in the news: Financial aid appeal tactics, why we’re still swiping our credit cards, and how to look at living on a budget as an opportunity. 
Your tax refund may take a few days longer to land in your bank account this year. That’s because criminals from around the world are determined to get to it first.
Today’s top story: How to prevent identity theft. Also in the news: The costs that are often overlooked when deciding to rent or buy, reasons to file a tax extension, and how you’re using your credit card incorrectly. 
Today’s top story: How to protect yourself against online identity fraud. Also in the news: Myths about student loan consolidation, why fewer retirement savings options could be a good thing, and the hefty cost of those Oscar gift bags. 
Today’s top story: The worst online passwords of 2015. Also in the news: Why you should beware of the word “afford,” how to start saving for your retirement in your 20s and 30s, and steps to get more college financial aid.