Since the proliferation of the internet, the cost of stock transactions has decreased significantly for consumers. What used to be conducted in person or over the phone, can now be done online with the click of a button. As more...
Read MoreI usually don’t use my blog to post daily deals or anything because, frankly, there are plenty of sites that do that and they do it better. If you want daily deals, I highly recommend Slickdeals or Fatwallet. However,...
Read MoreA friend of mine recently asked me the difference between whole life insurance and term life insurance. At that point I realized that I’ve largely neglected discussing insurance on Hacking The Bank, so I figured I might as...
Read MoreNothing too exciting happened during the month of February. I made good progress toward my goals and managed to hit the ones that I had missed last week. I guess that’s how you win in personal finance. A lot of small...
Read MoreEach year, Warren Buffett publishes a letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders that accompanies the company’s annual report. Investors often look at the letters to gain insight into the mind of one of the greatest...
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I’m Will, the creator of HackingTheBank. No, this site isn’t about actually hacking banks. This blog is all about maximizing personal finance decisions so that we win instead of the banks.
I started this blog in 2010 when I graduated college with $43k of student loans and a negative net worth. Since then I’ve achieved milestones like getting married, buying a house, and tripling my income. During this time my wife and I managed to earn over 12,000,000 miles and points and used those points to travel to over 50 countries. And all of these points came from banks; neither of us travel for work.