Personal finance
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Maximize Your Savings: Achieve Financial Excellence Like an Olympian
With the Olympics upon us, all eyes are on the worlds greatest athletes. While some of the biggest awards this season go to the Olympians who head home with luggage made heavier by gold, silver, or br
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Grandparents Day Pregnancy Reveal Ideas: Surprise Your Parents!
Congratulations on your awesome news! Pregnancy is an exciting time, made even more exciting when you get to break the news to others. Now you have the special opportunity to tell your parents they wi
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Creative DIY Pumpkin Decorations for Fall - 5 Unique Ideas
When you think of fall decorations that involve pumpkins, your mind probably goes straight to jack-o-lanterns, right? If you think beyond Halloween haunts and candlelit carvings, theres still a wealth
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Save Money on Thanksgiving Dinner: 7 Smart Strategies
Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate our gratitude for food on the table, shelter over your head, and a warm bed, and an abundance of daily blessings. This year, we want you to add “saving money on my
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Budget-Friendly Halloween Costumes: 7 Creative DIY Ideas
My favorite, and probably cheapest, Halloween costume was from sophomore year of college. As broke college kids sans sewing machines, my roommate and I had to get creative with our costumes. We didn’t
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Apple Wallet, PayPal & Google Pay: A Comprehensive Comparison
There are two groups of people in the technological world today: those who once lived in a world without smartphones, and those who have only ever known life with a mobile device in hand. Gen Z — almo
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Banking Trends: How Millennials Are Reshaping the Financial Landscape
When you opened your first bank account, you likely were influenced by what you knew about banking from your parents. Your parents may have even opened an account for you when you were young, and well
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Millennial Financial Planning: Strategies for a Secure Future
Retirement isnt part of the millennial plan. But if you think Gen Y or the echo generation, as many young adults are less frequently known, are going to work every day for the rest of their lives, you
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Financial Wellness Checkup: Age-Specific Strategies for Every Life Stage
Just as your doctor keeps you on track with age-appropriate health checks and tips, you should practice financial fitness for every stage of your life. While some financial health checks should
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Tax Filing Deadlines: Key Dates & Information | [Your Company Name]
Deadlines and taxes — two of everyone’s favorite words as they stand on their own. When put together, they’ve been known to induce some sighs, shudders, and even the occasional groan. Whether you’ve b
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Hidden Money Wasters: 10 Ways You're Losing Value
Since money was invented, people have been doing their level best to acquire it. There’s no wonder why: the abundance of money in one’s pockets equals freedom. Money can sometimes be difficult
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Protect Your Finances: 5 Essential Security Measures & Tips
If youve ever heard a story about popular retailers involved in major security breaches, it’s no wonder that credit and debit card fraud raises your concerns. In the United States alone, 86% of consum
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Build Financial Security: Why You Need an Emergency Fund
If you suddenly have to cover an unexpected expense, such as a car repair, or you want to take off some time between your old job and your new job without worrying about your living expenses, would yo
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Minimize Banking Fees: 7 Proven Strategies to Save Money
Who loves paying banking fees? You’d be hard-pressed to find someone to raise their hand when asked that question, but asking if they hate them is much easier. If someone asked you which bank fee give
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Checking Account Management: A Comprehensive Guide
How people choose to manage their checking accounts may be as vastly different as how people choose to spend their money. Your checking account might be closely tied to your savings account, or you ma
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Checking vs. Savings Accounts: Understanding the Key Differences
If you arent exactly sure what the difference is between a checking account and a savings account, we cant blame you. What does checking even refer to at a time when most of your purchases are happeni
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Understanding How Bank Accounts Function: A Simple Explanation
Ask a six-year-old how people get money. It makes us laugh when we see a comical answer on a test posted by an elementary teacher in our social feed. Even FamilyMint created a post about the funny com
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E-Statements vs. Paper Statements: 6 Key Advantages
Are you still using paper statements? Choose today as the day you start embracing e-statements, and not just to make Mother Earth happy. Here are 4 reasons e-statements are superior to paper. 1
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Smart Savings for Families: 5 Ways to Budget for Spring & Summer Fun
As the weather starts to heat up, everyone is itching to get out and have some fun. For kids, they start thinking about summer fun, even before the school year ends. (Can you blame them?) When its tim
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Maximize Your Savings: Explore Kasasa Cash® & Kasasa Saver®
You probably dont give much thought to the wizardry of your bank or credit union until you need them to help you solve one of lifes little hiccups. Day in and day out, theyre going about their busines
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Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs): 2021 IRS Table & GuideThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lets you put money into a traditional IRA and defer taxes on your contribution and any investment gains all through your career. But this situation doesn’t l...
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Direct Stock Purchase Plans (DSPPs): A Comprehensive GuideA Direct Stock Purchase Plan (DSPP) is a way for individuals to buy stocks directly from a company rather than through a brokerage. Typically, investors purchase stocks through brokerages, ...
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Payday Loans: Understanding the Facts & AlternativesTraditional borrowing avenues aren’t always available when you most need them. Conventional institutions like banks will usually require you to pass through a whole lot of red tape before a loan req...
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Suze Orman's Essential Financial Advice for Today's EconomyIt pays to take this advice to heart...