How would a genuinely trustable credit card company function? Answer: exactly the opposite of how they do now.

Barclaycard's new Ring product leverages crowdsourcing and open accountability to make it attractive to a Net-savvy public.

Too many people around the world are suffering because they're not getting the help they need. And donations to worthy causes suffer from the high costs of marketing, donor fatigue, and successive emergencies as we saw with Pakistan's floods following the quake in Haiti. That's why I'm excited about SwipeGood.

Instead of fighting about consumer protections verses consumer demand, we should collectively aspire to create world-class financial freedom in America. It is good for people, it is good for business, and it's darn patriotic.

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By now, you probably already know your behavior on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook can get you fired, evicted, and even arrested--but what about your friends' behavior?

Water is like liquid gold in drought-stricken areas of Africa, so it's no surprise to learn water conflict and corruption is common. Safaricom's M-PESA system of cell phone cash transfer, originally released in 2007, could help quell the dissidence. Read More »

Acerbic public discourse is nothing new...

Here's a new approach to teaching financial literacy: a video game in which you play the business manager of a free-spending celebrity, trying to satisfy her wish list while keeping her out of the red.