
The Pros and Cons of Multiple Savings Accounts
When you want to securely store your money, you can choose to open one or more savings accounts at a financial institution. If you’re unsure how many accounts to open, it’s a good idea to keep the advantages and disadvantages ...

Teaching the Basics of Checking Accounts To Younger Kids
How to handle money is an important life lesson. The sooner you start your child’s financial education, the more knowledgeable and responsible they will be with their money. Opening a checking account for your child is a great ...

5 Finance Lessons to Teach Your Kids Before College
If your kid is heading to college, congratulations to you both on this hard-won accomplishment and exciting new adventure. You are confident that your child is ready to tackle the academic and social challenges college brings, ...

Should You Save Your Credit Card Information Online?
It seems all too common these days to hear about major breaches at retailers that leave consumers’ credit card numbers and personal information vulnerable to identity thieves. In perilous times, it feels tenuous enough using ...

Security Warning Signs When Shopping Online
It’s an undeniable fact that many customers shop online, either for personal shopping or gift giving. Companies like Amazon and Etsy have built modern empires out of their online operations. With each passing year, more and ...

Safe Practices for Mobile Banking
Technology has made the everyday hassles of life easier, whether it be ordering groceries online and having them delivered to your doorstep or navigating to a destination you have never visited before.
One of the biggest areas ...

Automatic vs. Manual Bill Pay
The increase of technology in our society is not only seeping into our media and personal tech, but also into our finances. Many of your bills likely allow you to pay online and some will even have an option for automatic payments, ...

Mobile Wallets: Moving Shopping Into the Future
These days, most transactions don’t involve physical money, so why should they involve physical wallets? Thanks to new technologies like Samsung Pay, Android Pay (formerly Google Wallet) and Apple Pay, you can now use your smartphone ...

Paper Statements vs. eStatements
Online banking has opened up a world of convenience to financial consumers. Instead of waiting patiently for a paper statement to arrive in the mail, banking customers can log in anytime and anywhere to review the status of their ...

Interest Checking: A Checking Account That Works FOR You
Is it time you started gaining interest on the money you have in the bank? If you are receiving a tax refund and want to start this year on the right foot financially, or you’re just looking for a way to put your money to work ...
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