If a business wants to offset processing fees, you could have to pay a surcharge for using a credit card. However, if you want to avoid this fee, pay with your debit card, cash or check. Paying a ...

The phrase “cash is king” may not have the same ring as it used to, now that more than 40% of Americans, per the Pew Research Center, regularly go a week or more without paying for anything using ...

After a brief hiatus to get her degree, Callie Fausey returned to her hometown in 2022 to work for the Santa Barbara Independent and now covers the two big E’s: education and environment. Although her ...