Personal Financial Advice from a former Certified Financial Planner
Although checks are less commonly used than they once were, there are certain instances where writing a check is the only option, or just the better option. You can get a checkbook from the bank by ordering checks at your bank or credit union. However, that might be overkill if …
I’m going to do a whole series on this based on some questions I keep getting, but for now, here is the short version. A cashier’s check is a check drawn on the bank’s funds, instead of a person’s funds. As a result, such a check would never bounce, or …
Identity theft can happen in a lot of different ways. Some of them are difficult to avoid, if not impossible. Others are easily preventable with a little knowledge, experience, and understanding, plus a little bit of effort. Preventing identity theft with a paper shredder to destroy junk mail and other …