TIME Stamp: A checking account is central to your financial life. A checking account is one of the most important financial accounts you can have.

TIME Stamp: Multiple checking accounts can aid budgeting—or complicate it Multiple checking accounts can help you budget by segregating business and personal finances, optimizing FDIC coverage ...

Brooklyn-based Propel designed a smartphone app called Fresh EBT -- available in all 50 states -- that makes it easier for people to check their food-stamp balances. The company is one of three ...