By Kris Bickell, on February 19, 2012 Years ago I had a co-worker who had a saying: credit cards don’t come with instructions! How true. On the one hand having a credit card makes buying so easy. Just hand over your card, and worry about paying later. No need to carry cash. No need to […]

Despite consumer protections, you could still be on the hook By Tamara E. Holmes If you think your funds are protected in the event of debit card fraud, you might be surprised to learn that in some circumstances, they really aren’t. The next time you make a payment with plastic, consider this scary statistic: More than […]

The first thing we did when we decided to get out of debt was reevaluate our budget. We knew that we had to change the way we spent our money before our financial situation could change. The amount of information out there on budgeting is overwhelming. There are lots of trite and obvious articles out […]