Have you ever nearly injured yourself at a buffet because you wanted to "get your money's worth?" You paid for a meal, sampled the various dishes, and felt full. But then you thought about the money you'd already spent, and went back for more. And...

Have you ever watched a movie or read a book where the villain's ultimate downfall is that he just talks too much?  The hero lies broken and bruised atop some building at the triumphant bad guy's feet, while burning bits of debris rain down all...

PayPal offers two options for sending money to someone: "Goods or Services" and "Friends and Family." "Goods and Services" is how you pay for, well, goods and services. For example, say you're like the author of this article and you have a vinyl...

Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has prepared its students to enter the business world since its first business class in 1830. By encouraging students to explore different business avenues, they experience the business world in all its...

You've been using the peer-to-peer payment app Venmo to transfer money between your friends and family for a while without incident, when suddenly a payment for $1,000 from a complete stranger appears in your account, along with a message: "omg I...

One of the first fraud prevention topics I ever wrote about (all the way back in 2009) was the Mystery Shopper Scam. The scheme was almost always the same: victims would receive a cashier's check in the mail with instructions to cash the instrument...

You're at a gas station or passing through a parking lot when a guy calls to you from a van filled with stereo equipment. He says he works for a company that deals in high-end home theater systems for wealthy clients, and they just got done with an...

In order to help reach your financial and credit goals, it’s good to have a plan in place. The plan itself doesn’t have to be complicated, but it does require that you treat this journey as a marathon rather than a sprint.Here are three simple...

Endless articles are written about scams that focus on the elderly, which can give the impression that only seniors are targeted by (and fall for) scams. However, young people fall victim to a host of schemes every day. Many of these are just the...

Tens of thousands of children attend school in Northwest Indiana, and far too many come to school each day without access to the very basic items many of us take for granted. That's why REGIONAL is once again supporting the B.U.S. Program for schools...