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Lease or Buy a Car: What's the Difference?
One of the big questions you need to answer when it's time to get a new set of wheels is: lease or buy? There are pros and cons to each option, depending on your goals and what you want from your car, but it's...
How and Why to Start Using E-bills with Your Credit Union
These days, banking has mostly gone online and mobile. In 2013, more than half of adults in the U.S. did some amount of banking online, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Center. By 2014, more than half of...
Financial Fitness: Surprising Ways Your Wallet Affects Your Waistline
Does your wallet affect your waistline? That may seem like a strange question, but there are some surprising ways your personal finance habits directly affect your health. Did you know that when a person is in control of...
Top Ten Tips for Protecting Your Debit Card
Have you noticed all the fraud that seems to happen with debit cards in recent years? We sure have, so we have put together the top ten tips for protecting your debit card. Don’t share your debit card or your...
The 4 Best Budgeting Apps and Why Each One's a Winner
Do you even need a budget app? Well, if you're a fan of having more money, you'll need an app to track that money. With more than 2 billion smartphones used today, the world is obviously moving towards a more...
Your Local Credit Union: 7 Surprising Facts, and Why They Matter to You
When you're deciding which bank or credit union to call "home" there's a lot to know. Sometimes, the amount of information can be overwhelming. TV ads, billboards, radio commercials, and even little league jerseys display...