5 Tips to Protect Your Checking Account ››

5 Tips to Protect Your Checking AccountRegardless of your income or your overall financial health, chances are you use your checking account as the backbone of your personal financial planning. Many of us have most (or perhaps all) of our paychecks deposited to our checking accounts each pay

How To Get Your Bank To Waive Account Fees ››

How To Get Your Bank To Waive Account FeesIn recent years it’s become difficult to earn very much money on your savings and checking accounts. In fact, even in the highly competitive marketplace to provide banking services, it can seem like banks are willing to compete with one another on

Banking and Financial Steps to Take When Caring for an Aging Parent or Spouse ››

Banking and Financial Steps to Take When Caring for an Aging Parent or SpouseAs many of us are coming to realize, our time in the role of caregiver isn’t simply limited to the years in which we raise our children. We’re living longer lives, and that means that it’s more likely than ever that we’re

Best Bank Accounts For Setting Up An Emergency Fund ››

Best Bank Accounts For Setting Up An Emergency FundRegardless of your current financial situation, your income, or your overall debt burden, it’s important that you’re always working to build and maintain an appropriate emergency fund. The target amount you’ll be looking to accumulate may vary, but the principles behind building

The Best Bank Accounts For Children ››

The Best Bank Accounts For ChildrenGood financial practices don’t necessarily come quickly or automatically for many individuals. In general, the earlier a person can develop a consistent saving routine and make that a part of their normal day-to-day behavior, the more financially secure they’ll be later in

Understanding Tax Documents From Your Bank and Stock Broker ››

Understanding Tax Documents From Your Bank and Stock BrokerWe’re now right in the busiest part of tax season, as we begin to collect all of the materials we’ll need to be able to compute and file our tax returns. These will include not only our wage and other income statements

How to Make Your Mobile Banking Activities Safer ››

How to Make Your Mobile Banking Activities SaferMobile banking gives us greater power and control over our personal finances. We don’t need to coordinate our schedule with our bank’s operating hours, and we can conduct various types of banking activities wherever we are, whenever we choose to do so.

Tips for Choosing the Right Bank Account ››

Tips for Choosing the Right Bank AccountChoosing a bank account can be challenging. There are many types of accounts, and each account comes with benefits, and potential drawbacks. Some accounts require minimum balances and incentives for high balances. Others are more suited for day to day accounts that

Banking Advice on How to Jump Start Your Savings This Year ››

Banking Advice on How to Jump Start Your Savings This YearThe start of the new year is a time when many of us look to improve our lives by making resolutions. Along with health-related resolutions, new years goals that relate to personal finances are particularly common. Two of the most important financial