Ida Keir persuaded her daughter to switch from a “corporate bank” to a credit union in honor of national Bank Transfer Day on Saturday to protest corporate greed. “I’m here because I wanted...

When Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Sabrina Klein heard about President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce student debt, she said it would help her offset the cost of college education. “I...

Melissa Lam is thinking about switching bank accounts after hearing that Bank of America will start charging customers $60 annually for having an active debit account. “College students are broke,”...

The Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced on Monday that it would increase the maximum weekly benefit rate to $653 from $625 for unemployed residents. Unemployment...

Out of 20 colleges in the Boston area, Boston University has the second highest total amount of money earned by employers in executive compensation packages, with BU five employees earning more than $1...

Philip Turner, head of Secretariat Group in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements, spoke about the notion of “international money” and the impact of the ongoing...

About 2,000 citizens and over 30 activist groups marched from Boston Common to Bank of America with Take Back Boston to protest corporate foreclosures, bailouts and tax breaks on Friday. Take Back Boston...

With advantages such as high-tech industry and human capital concentrations, Boston and Cambridge ranked fifth in the top 20 most economically vibrant college towns in America. The rankings, compiled...

Mayor Thomas Menino announced Friday that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development granted $2.4 million to the Department of Neighborhood Development, targeting the Lead Safe Boston program. The...

College of Fine Arts sophomore Savanna Young-Norris would not have joined the Class of 2014 at Matriculation had she not appealed for more financial aid three times. “I am the only child of a single,...