Financial Safety & Education

What You Need to Know About Check Fraud

Reports of check fraud are up, despite the fact that fewer people are writing checks compared with a decade ago. As with any type of financial fraud, it is crucial to take steps to protect yourself from falling vict…

Why Customers Use Check Cashing Businesses

Millions of people throughout the country regularly use check cashing services at Currency Exchanges and other storefront businesses. What leads them there could be a lack of funds that prevent them from opening acc…

New Year, New Banking Options

Want to start the year off on solid financial footing? Find out more about your options. Ways to manage your money are vastly different than they were even five or ten years ago. Small changes can save you cash here…

What Is Financial Anxiety and What Can You Do About It?

Most people fret about money from time to time. In fact, cash concerns are so commonplace that you may not even realize just how much financial anxiety is affecting your everyday life. And these types of worries can…

From Charters to Magnets: Do Alternative Schools Cost a Lot?

If you have ever considered an alternative to the local public or private school for your child, you have likely wondered what the relative price tags would be. Private school can cost a bundle, even for the younges…

Best Ways to Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

Folks these days put a lot of information online and into the hands of strangers – perhaps more than they should. According to the National Council on Identity Theft Protection, 5.7 million cases of fraud and iden…

Independence Day Advice: How to Ask for a Raise

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