When navigating automobile financing options, it's important to understand the angles and the entities that stand to profit from the transaction. We want to make sure you have negotiating power with your auto dealer--know what's available to you, and know how much you can spend before you go to buy.
The deal seems too good to pass up – if you open the store credit card today, you’ll get 20% off your purchase and coupons and special deals in the future. Some even offer 0% financing for a set period of time. However, in most cases the best deal is to pass on the store card and use another method of payment.
Unfortunately, ATM card skimming - a way for criminals to steal your card and PIN information - is on the rise. Here's how to avoid skimmers.
Money transfer scams involve cash transfers, such as wire transfers, Moneygram® transfers, Western Union transfers or similar cash-like transfers. It can be a helpful tool to send funds to family and friends, but it can also be a quick way for thieves to steal your money and disappear before you realize what happened.
Budgeting is a scary word. Few people really want to know how much they are spending and like dieting, budgeting sounds like you are depriving yourself of something. Budgeting isn’t a bad thing! And actually it can be fairly simple to set up a budget.
Unethically creative identity thieves have a new trick up their sleeves: sending text messages to your cell phone as if they were a financial institution and asking you to 'confirm' your account number, PIN, or other pieces of information.
