May 28, 2007 by Wil.

Young people never stop amazing me!  That’s why I got into this in the first place.  Jon over at JM Webzine is doing a pretty cool little project over there.  In addition to being a promoter for bands, he’s decided to put together a webzine that covers music and other teen issues.  This is a very smart approach to doing something he likes to do, and getting money for it.  Oh yeah!  Jon–16 years old.  Makes a lot of people twice his age look really lazy.  I predict we’ll be hearing a lot about JM Webzine for some time to come.  Good Job Jon!

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May 17, 2007 by Wil.

I’m running a contest to design the cover of “Finance For Youth:  The Book” and “Finance For Youth:  The Workbook”.  Check out the info www.finance4youth.wordpress.com

Thanks

-W

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February 5, 2007 by Wil.

As seen on Finance For Youth:  The Blog 

As promised, I’ve reviewed Wells Fargo in the same manner that I reviewed Bank of America.

Wells Fargo is a little different because it touts itself highly as being an online bank.

Wow!  For an online bank, they charge for Bill Pay, which is unheard of today.  I also really didn’t like the idea that they only discount your fee if you have direct deposit.  A bank that large would do well (get it? WELL), to waive a monthly fee like every other institution in the free world.

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January 24, 2007 by Wil.

From my original blog, Finance For Youth:  The Blog

www.finance4youth.wordpress.com

Let me start out by saying I really, really wanted to hate Bank of America.  I have worked in finance (banking) for a very long time, and everybody knows they just suck!  I knew I was going to be giving BofA a bad grade when it came to youth accounts.  Here’s what I came up with.

When rating financial institutions for their benefit for youth, I looked specifically at the products they offer on their websites dedicated to students and youth.  I looked at seven criteria, and compared with other institutions.  Since I don’t bank with them, I did not rate them on customer service or satisfaction, two areas that are very important to me.

Comments:  I like especially that the account is free while you are a student.  This is of paramount importance to my readers.  Offering to waive monthly fees for Direct Deposit or Online Bill Pay, as well as offering a free online Bill Pay program really helped.  They seem to offer programs with features that make sense for today’s youth.  As much as I wanted to hate them, they Came out pretty good here.

Great job, Bof A!

Coming up, Wells Fargo.  Did they do as well?

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January 18, 2007 by Wil.

I got this post from LifeHacker.  This is a great feature for those of you who want a computer to be able to do any work, but don’t want to, or can’t afford to deal with Windows or Mac OS.  I plan getting this (and I will trade them for a pretty good donation!) and check out the software on an old laptop I just acquired.  These guys are on our side here, and I’m really stoked to check out the product.

http://lifehacker.com/software/students/download-of-the-day-software-for-starving-students-winmac-225341.php

to see the post on LifeHacker

http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html to get directly to the site. 

Once again, if you can afford to, please donate to these people if you get their product.  I remember being a student, and this would have been awesome if it existed then.

Until next time, I’ll keep looking!

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