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echnologies. Digital payment apps are no exception. With their use becoming increasingly a part of our everyday life, knowing the steps for safeguarding your information and maintaining control of your money is essential.
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Buying a home in an area of natural beauty can be a gift but also carry a sting in the tail if the area is prone to natural disaster. Despite the risks, picture-perfect locations are a perennial draw and people continue to move into risky areas.
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your spending limits now and top up savings for gifts, activities, and travel. Calculate how much you’ll need for each category and divide by how many months you have left. Then have that amount deposited automatically into the respective accounts.
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In many cases, loans are taken out for compelling reasons: buying that car you’ve always wanted, moving into your dream…Continue Reading
Buying a home in an area of natural beauty can be idyllic. But also risky. Locations at higher risk of natural disaster can make insurance difficult and costly to obtain. And increasingly so, because natural disasters are increasingly common and severe. Tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and floods are all expected to rise in frequency, intensity, and duration in the coming years. Those impacted and without loss of use coverage or inadequate coverage may find themselves seeking temporary housing from local disaster relief charities or the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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Session 1a: Set Up Auto-pay And Get Credit Scores
When you tracked your expenses back in February, did you remember everything, or have forgotten bills that popped up since then? Add these stragglers to your spending and savings plan, and then use that section of your budget as a checklist for automating your bills to ensure you never miss a payment.
Excited as we are with Tulee, it’s just part of our long-term plan for members, and I’m glad to report that we’re well on track. Recently we had a banking econometrics expert review and analyze our performance over the last four years to help identify how we could improve compared to the rest of the credit union industry. A byproduct of this was a set of metrics that compared us to industry performance averages.
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getaway into your budget before summer ends, here are some tips for traveling on the cheap and getting the best deals.
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means new found independence from parents!). Moving into your own space for the first time, or to a new apartment, can be exciting but can also be nerve-racking because of all uncertainty and variables. Unfortunately, in many cases, listings are aimed at nothing more than separating apartment hunters from their money.
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“Zombie Mortgages” sounds like the title of a bad spoof on a horror movie. But like they can “rise from the grave” to terrorize your finances and quality of life. Hopefully you never end up in the cast of this movie, but it’s good to know what a Zombie Mortgage is so you can take preventive action should the need ever arise.
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