If you're struggling to repay your student loans on a limited – or nonexistent — income, missing a payment may seem like your only choice. However, student loan defaults can potentially impact your credit for the rest of your financial life, say experts.

Earlier this month, California became the seventh state whose legislature passed a bill that would limit employers' ability to check the credit reports of people interviewing for jobs unless the information was vital to the job's duties.

Credit cards that offer lucrative sign-up cash bonuses or bonus miles worth a free flight may look like a great deal, but they could be a poor fit for your wallet. Instead, you are better off looking for the card that offers the best deal over the long-term, say experts — and fits your lifestyle and spending patterns

Do you back up your mobile phone's data? How about bank accounts? Do you check online each week to look for errors? If you answered no to the first and yes to the second, you are on par with most Americans when it comes to bad and good habits for protecting your digital data.

Technology glitches at the month-old Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mean some customers' credit card complaints are not being routed to the appropriate banks or are backlogged.