My Desultory Blog

RichC | December 24, 2018

Slideshow of photos below

Category: Archive, Personal, Photos, Woodworking | No Comments »
Tags: 2018, annalyn, bank, bompa, christmas, piggy, project, woodworking

RichC | March 31, 2018

I’ve been around long see banking change from daily dealing with a local banker that I knew by name … who also knew me (and my business) by name … to just a drive up teller window or ATM to the latest technology of snapping pics of checks and tapping on a smartphone. I sort […]

Category: Audio, Financial, Misc, Technology | No Comments »
Tags: ach, audio, bank, banking, huntington, mp3, npr, overdraft, planet money

RichC | September 24, 2015

Just in case you are the type of responsible credit card user who pays off the balance each month and has excellent FICO scores, you might want to consider using the Citi Double Cash Card. It is a no annual fee credit card and pays a total of 2% on purchases … I think that […]

Category: Advice, Financial | 1 Comment »
Tags: america, bank, chase, citi, credit cards, discover, tdameritrade, tdbank

RichC | October 4, 2014

The year 2014 is turning up to be the year of the data-breach. It seems every month another high profile company reports that their clients and customer data has been compromised. JP Morgan Chase is the most recent and perhaps the largest loss of data – a information from a “mere” 76 million households and […]

Category: Cloud, Computer, Financial, Productivity, Software | No Comments »
Tags: bank, breach, chase, data, hacker, ID Theft, savvy, spreadsheet

RichC | February 22, 2010

If you are like me, you like having a regular routine to start the day; for me it’s the newspaper, the Gordon Deal podcast, a large cup of coffee and review of my email inbox, although I won’t encourage the large cup of coffee. Today, one of the lead stories in the news pertains to […]

Category: Financial, News, Personal | 2 Comments »
Tags: bank, card, chase, credit, finance, money, plastic, sapphire

RichC | October 8, 2008

In an attempt to get money/credit flowing around the world, six central banks in coordination moved to cut interest rates on Wednesday. The goal is to offset a global economic slowdown that has been rippling through the financial and business world. This half-point rate cut included the central banks in the U.K., Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, […]

Category: Financial | No Comments »
Tags: bank, economy, finance, interest, rates