A visitor from the 1940s would be very disappointed 
with today’s society. We don’t have pill-based, full-course meals. No one is living on the moon. And no matter how hard you look, you can’t find a flying car anywhere.
Predictions about the future have a way of being wrong, but sometimes they’re so far off the mark that they border on being comedic. When it comes to banking, you don’t always need to reach too far back to find prognostications that were a little too forward-thinking.
Because the initial steps in getting car insurance 
at a good price can be so frustrating, most people tend to ignore it once they have it. That could be costing them considerable sums of money each year.
While it’s easy to mistake auto insurance as something that’s a relatively fixed cost, it’s not. It can be lowered — often easily — to help you save money, the Insurance Information Institute says. Your savings will vary greatly depending on your driving record, vehicle and location, but it could add up to hundreds of dollars per year.
Consolidation is a common occurrence in the 
banking industry — regardless of what’s going on with the economy. If the bank or credit union you’ve been doing business with for years is acquired, it could result in some notable adjustments to what you are used to.
Normally, change to any aspect of people’s finances causes all sorts of stress, but people tend to shrug when it comes to a change in bank ownership.
Despite near-constant reminders, Americans aren’t really good at 
saving for retirement. And they’re likely to be just as bad at stretching their savings to last the entirety of their golden years. It’s a problem that has the government weighing whether to require plans to offer an option that can generate retirement income for their workers.
The Government Accountability Office recently solicited opinions from the financial community — and the general public — about ways to enhance the retirement security of citizens. At issue: Should the government force financial companies to offer lifetime income options that give retirees a predictable stream of retirement income for the remainder of their lives?
Ever since the 2008 financial meltdown and real estate 
crisis, banks have made some dramatic changes to their lending policies. That’s making it harder for the self-employed to secure a mortgage.
If you own a company and are in the market for a home, here are a few ways to ease the process and boost your chances of getting the loan.
Making a home sale has never been a lot of fun — but in this economy, it’s even worse.
If you’ve followed the usual chestnuts about boosting curb appeal and staging your living room properly, but still aren’t getting any bites, there are other ways to help catch a buyer’s eye.
Chris Morris: Journalist 