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Go Banking Rates recently hosted a Black Friday Super Shopper Sweepstakes on our Facebook page.
The rules: Find the very best deal on Black Friday and share it with us, and for an extra entry, supply a picture of your fabulous deal. The entry with the best Black Friday deal wins a $50 AMEX gift card!
The Black Friday Super Shopper Sweepstakes ended on December 24, 2011 at 11:59 pm, and we are pleased to announce the winner. 
Banking has come a long way, especially with the emergence of online and mobile banking. Chase QuickPay is just one of the latest banking technologies to be introduced, and it’s admittedly pretty impressive–on the surface anyway.
It’s a mobile world! Our mobile devices and smartphone apps can do just about anything these days, from paying for our groceries at the checkout to holding digital coupons for our favorite stores. If you’re like many, then your device contains everything from your daily workout schedule to all your mobile banking information.
By Ethan Ewing, Bills.com
The beginning of a new year offers the chance for a fresh start with your budget and financial strategy. For those in debt, it should mean the opportunity to commit yourself to saving money and reducing what you owe. To help, the team from Bills.com has outlined some advice to assist with both of these goals so you can pay off debt once and for all.
NBA fans, not to mention the many thousands of people working in the industry around big league basketball, got an early Christmas present this year in the form of a deal to end the NBA lockout and scraps over compensation that threatened to doom the 2011/2012 season.
In the last days of November, players and management struck a last-minute deal that will enable the league to begin a new schedule on Christmas Day.
Christmas day marks the climax of the holiday season as many Americans prepare for one last week of festivities from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1. Despite the moderately tame post-Christmas spending, however, 2011 holiday shoppers put quite a dent in the retail scene over the course of the last three months.
Outright.com provided statistics on holiday shopping, putting this year’s spending in perspective and making consumers more aware of the holiday debt hangover they could be headed for in January.
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While saving money is at the forefront of most people’s minds this year, regifting continues to be a somewhat taboo practice. But admit it, you and just about everyone you know has done it at least once.
While regifting can get you in a lot of trouble if done improperly, employing proper regifting etiquette can ease the financial burden of the holidays and keep everyone happy. After all, with friends, family, the office Christmas party and all the service industry workers expecting tips, money can quickly disappear this time of year. So here’s a guide to turning the presents you’re less than excited about receiving into the perfect (free) gifts for others.
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Starting Jan. 1, paper savings bonds will no longer be available for purchase, according to a recent announcement from the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Public Debt. In what is known as an “all-electronic initiative,” the government is making an attempt to reduce costs by switching to a digital format.
Paper Savings Bonds End in 2012
Every year, U.S. consumers spend hundreds of dollars on gifts for family and friends, but have you ever wondered how much money and effort goes into just wrapping up those presents? The gift wrapping industry–yes, it has it’s own industry–is worth multiple billions and most of that comes directly during the holidays.
If you’re looking to cut the fat out of your holiday budget, consider using more cost-efficient ways of wrapping your gifts. At about five bucks per roll, you could be spending your money on much better presents, instead of devoting so much time, money and effort to the paper around them. Your wallet, the Earth and even the lucky gift receiver will thank you.
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The holiday season is a time for buying gifts and spending memorable moments with our family and friends. Unfortunately, it’s also a time for avoiding holiday scams, even though the last thing we’re thinking about is becoming the victim of fraud.
