Nearly half of advisers surveyed in a new Aite Group report admitted that offering financial planning as a service to their clients is not as important as other uses of their time.
Payday lenders are attacking a piece of federal legislation aimed at protecting consumers from their product by noting overdraft protection plans do not face similar regulations.
Marking a new milestone in assistance to needy nonprofits, the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation said Wednesday it has now distributed more than $750,000 to low income organizations as part of its four-year-old "Micro Community Grants" program.
