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Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in penalties following accusations the bank opened deposit accounts and credit cards for customers without their permission. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says bank employees opened more than 2 million accounts that may not have been authorized. The motive, according to regulator, was to hit sales targets and compensation incentives.

Most health plans accept a credit card for the first month's premium and then require customers to pay monthly with a check or an electronic transfer from a bank account. For people without a banking relationship, these transactions can be tricky.

The FTC has approved the so-called 'Click to Cancel' rule, making it easier for customers to cancel subscriptions. Planet Money examines why so many services began using the subscription model.

Many people do not understand the difference between debit and credit cards. That was exemplified when we took an unscientific survey of people on the street in Washington, D.C. So, Lynn Neary turns to Ronnie Roha, associate editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, to answer the question at hand.

Fifty years ago women couldn't apply for a loan or a credit card without their husband or a male relative to co-sign. NPR looks at the law that changed women's financial power -- five decades later.

Following the unsealing of court documents, children's rights groups are asking the agency to open an investigation into practices that allow such purchases without parental permission.

New research finds that people who use it the most tend to use it like a credit card, instead of a credit card. And that's regardless of income.

On Tuesday, Wells Fargo shareholders will vote on whether to fire the vast majority of the bank's board members. That would be an extremely rare event in corporate America.

Noah talks to Scott Harris, senior writer for the Industry Standard magazine, about the life and career of Barney McNulty, who died earlier this week. McNulty is credited for inventing and perfecting the technique of cue cards used for television hosts starting in the late 1940s. McNulty was considered "king of the cue cards", and worked with the best in the business, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, and others. He always said there was an art to being a "good flipper", keeping the right pace and rhythm with your talent. Decades after inventing the cue cards, they are still used today for TV talents such as David Letterman and Jay Leno.

NPR's Steven Inskeep talks to ex-CIA officer John Sipher about his skepticism that a bipartisan commission put together by lawmakers will produce a full accounting of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.