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Matthew Goldberg

Senior Consumer Banking Reporter
  • 24
    Years of experience
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  • Property
  • Life
  • Casualty
  • Accident and health
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  • Consumer banking
  • Savings accounts and CDs
  • Personal finance
  • FDIC deposit insurance
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  • Master of Business Administration, William Paterson University
  • Bachelor of Science (Mass communication with an emphasis in print journalism), Illinois State University

Matthew Goldberg is a senior consumer banking reporter at Bankrate where he uses his more than 14 years of financial services experience to help inform readers about their important personal finance decisions. He's been a reporter at Bankrate since 2018.

Nearly his entire career, since 1998, has either been as a reporter, editor or working in the banking and insurance industry. Matthew’s banking career includes being a banker in New York City and being a bank officer at one of the largest banks in the U.S. He first gained his experience with deposit products and auto loans while representing a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) online bank.

His reporting career includes working as a staff reporter at two daily newspapers. He earned his first newspaper bylines in 1998. Matthew’s been interviewed on television news and radio stations across the U.S. Previously, he was a weekly panelist on the SportsWriter’s show on WGEM AM ESPN 1440 in Quincy, Illinois and an occasional co-host and call-in guest on WGEM SportsCenter.

Matthew is currently a member of the Board of Governors at the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW), which is the world's largest and oldest organization of business and financial journalists.

He chairs the organization's training member engagement committee and is the co-chair of SABEW's Finance Committee. He previously was the chair of the organization's investment task force.

He has served on conference planning committees and has been a Best in Business contest judge for the organization.

Matthew’s writing has been honored by both the Illinois Associated Press Editors Association and the Illinois Press Association. His writing has also been featured online on MSN, Yahoo! Finance and in newspapers throughout the country.

Matthew beyond Bankrate

How top-yielding savings accounts are outpacing inflation in Seattle

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Takeaways from America’s second-largest bank failure

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What you should know about high yields at at robo advisor

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Matthew Goldberg talks about how to utilize a three-paycheck month

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Matthew wants you to know
It’s easy to get into a routine. But days turn into weeks and months turn into years. And every day you don’t have your savings in a high-yield savings account, you’re losing purchasing power by at least getting closer to keeping up with inflation. Over time, that really adds up.

Making good financial decisions enables people to get more out of life and I’m happy to contribute to that endeavor.

— Matthew Goldberg

Matthew's latest articles

  • Picture of First Republic Bank

    The 7 largest bank failures in US history

    Bank failures had been relatively rare since the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, but that all changed last year when First Republic and Silicon Valley Bank both collapsed and sent shockwaves through [...]

    2 min read Jul 24, 2024
  • Capital One savings account rates

    Capital One is a full-service online bank that offers savers high yields on its 360 Performance Savings account with no monthly fees.

    2 min read Jul 09, 2024
  • PNC Bank savings account rates

    While PNC Bank offers a high-yield savings account, the bank's other savings accounts offer lower rates.

    2 min read Jul 09, 2024
  • Bank of America savings account rates

    Bank of America offers you a number of savings accounts to park your money. However, the yields offered by the big bank will do very little to help you grow your savings. You can find several alternatives from other banks that will get you a much bigger payout.

    2 min read Jul 09, 2024
  • Barclays savings account interest rates

    Barclays is an online bank that offers competitive interest rates. Here's what you need to know about its high-yielding online savings account.

    1 min read Jul 09, 2024
  • Chase savings account rates

    Chase offers two savings accounts that pair with a highly rated mobile banking app to help you achieve your financial goals, but interest rates are next to nothing.

    2 min read Jul 09, 2024