Coming up with a budget can be a challenge for just about any household. Preparing a budget requires you to make assumptions about your future income and future expenses, and to get those numbers into some type of balance. As an added →
5 Simple Budgeting Tips
Coming up with a budget can be a challenge for just about any household. Preparing a budget requires you to make assumptions about your future income and future expenses, and to get those numbers into some type of balance. As an added →
Top Five Online Bill Paying Questions Answered
If you have a checking or savings account, chances are your bank has approached you with their online bill paying service. It’s a popular service and most banks and credit unions now offer online bill paying. Before you sign up, investigate the →
5 Reasons Online Checking Pays Off
For decades the checking account has been the cornerstone of many personal financial plans. Many of us have our paychecks deposited directly into our checking accounts, and we use our accounts to pay our bills, move money into our savings accounts and →
How, and When, To Use A Prepaid Bank Card
Prepaid bank cards look similar to traditional credit and debit cards. Since they carry the Visa or MasterCard logo prepaid cards are accepted as payment nearly everywhere traditional cards are accepted. In truth, however, prepaid bank cards are a special type of →
Tips for Making the Most of Your Checking Account
Your checking account is more than a place to store your money. With all of the different accounts and options in today’s banking world, most people give little thought to their checking accounts. With paper checks becoming practically obsolete, they’re just a →
How to Find High Yield Bank Certificates of Deposit
Just a few years ago, it was relatively easy to find a five-year CD that would pay a healthy 4 to 5% interest rate. The savings landscape is much different today, as those long-term CDs are now likely to have interest rates →
Online Banking Security Advice
Online banking is one of those modern conveniences that many of us can’t imagine living without. It just makes our lives so much easier. Things that once required a trip to the bank, or at least a phone call, can now be →
How to Compare Checking Accounts and Find the Best One for You
Did you know that the checking account dates all the way back to the early 1500s? It has come a long way since then, but it’s still based on the same idea: the bank holds the depositor’s money and distributes it on →
Save an Extra $50 a Week Into Your Banking Account
Wouldn’t it be a great feeling to know that you’re moving ahead financially? Even an additional $100 a month in savings would help most families.
Saving money is one of those things that is easier said than done. To find extra money →
How Does the Current Economic Crisis Affect Your Money Market Account?
The current economic crisis is one of the worst in history. While recent recessions didn’t have a major effect on the average person, this crisis has touched just about everyone. Banks have failed, jobs have been cut, homes have been lost, retirement →








