Personal Financial Advice from a former Certified Financial Planner
A debit card is a useful money management tool. It provides credit card-like access to purchases, but the money comes directly from your checking account, not from a line of credit. Many people prefer to use debit cards in order to avoid the pitfalls of credit cards. Some banks and …
Usually store credit cards are a waste of time and money, even with their 10% off this purchase deals. But, there can be exceptions. Here are the Smart Rules for Store Credit Card Offers.
As a former Certified Financial Planner, I can tell you that from a financial advisor standpoint, nothing is better than automatic. Automatic savings, automatic investing, automatic 401k, automatic bill pay, are all great ways to improve your personal finances. It seems like the financial industry agrees. One such automatic savings …
PayPal is a popular way to pay people online and also a useful resource for freelancers to get paid electronically. Funds can be transferred electronically from your PayPal account to your linked bank account at anytime. However, there can be a significant delay between when you initiate a PayPal transfer …
One growing method of card fraud and theft is stealing credit card or debit cards and their PIN numbers. Unlike swiping a credit card, not all financial institutions that issue debit or credit cards offer a zero-liability guarantee to users who enter a PIN number. The idea is that the …
The world of credit cards, credit reports, credit scores, debit cards, and ATM cards is a world of pathetic security and continuous blunders. For the amount of money involved in these transactions, you would think that financial transactions would get better security and attention, but you are very, very wrong. …
After facing the biggest customer backlash in recent memory over its decision to implement a $5 per month use fee for customers using a Bank of America debit card, the banking giant has reversed course and announced that it will not charge the $5 debit card fee starting next year. …
It turns out that not all of the big national banks will be using overt money grabbing fees to boost their revenues like Bank of America is by charging a $5 fee to use your debit card even once per month. Wells Fargo and Chase Bank have both announced that …
Lot of people have been getting notifications from their bank or credit union about overdraft protection for debit cards. These notifications sound urgent and tell you that unless you respond that your financial institution will have to turn off overdraft protection on your debit card soon. While it sounds like …
