Been itching lately to get up and do something? To stand up for your rights and for causes that you support? If you’re lucky enough to be an investor, you can also support companies that mirror your values.

I spoke with LearnVest CEO and Founder Alexa Von Tobel, and the New York Times' Dealbook editor Andrew Ross Sorkin and Your Money columnist Ron Lieber, and asked, "What was your first reckoning with money?" Here, they share their earliest memories about earning and spending money, and their own savings tips for younger generations. 

The investment industry's fiduciary rule has been delayed by the Trump administration. Are changes to Dodd-Frank regulations next? Regardless, entrants to marketplace and mortgage lending aren't wasting any time. 

With the stress of buying holiday gifts for everyone else now out of the way, it’s time to treat yourself. Check out a few of my favorite things from this past year—to look good, smell good, travel good, and even do good in 2017.

In the cutthroat world of fashion, those who survive are rolling out direct-to-consumer and shoppable video sales strategies. 

We're all a little social media obsessed. But for some entrepreneurial It-Girls, tweeting, posting, 'gramming, and snapping became more than a hobby. 
Wielding power over lip color, hotel bookings, what to wear, and where to eat, these ladies found a way to convert followers to consumers, and social media prowess into legitimate businesses. Here's how did they did it.

As marketplace lending reaches a tipping point, the biggest companies must figure out how to differentiate themselves. Upstart has hired an Uber marketing alum to target more millennial borrowers.
Its credit approvals process considers academic records and future earning power. Also, SoFi is originating $50 million per month in online home loans, challenging the traditionally paper-intensive and slow mortgage process.

Summer travel's on all our minds. So, here are my latest favorites for finding the best airfare prices online right now--after all, there's more to travel search than Orbitz and Priceline.

To round off National Small Business Week, we're looking at ways small business owners and entrepreneurs can get a leg up on short-term funding and beginning capital. All online, and fast.

Credit agencies must now wait a half year before they can report past due medical debts. A new rule marks the biggest change in consumer credit in over a decade. 

It hasn't always been easy for small businesses to get bank money. The problem? Their inability to satisfy traditional bank underwriting guidelines.

So you have credit card debt. Few real solutions exist: D-I-Y debt settlement is scary, bankruptcy is extreme. But now, you may have options—and where else but online.