Category Archives: Credit Cards

Prepaid Debit Cards

Here’s what you need to know about prepaid debit cards before adding one to your wallet. by Vera Gibbons Real Simple magazine Last year Americans loaded an estimated $42.1 billion onto prepaid debit cards, a whopping 47 percent increase from … Continue reading

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Three Tips To Help You Stick To Your 2011 Resolutions

With more Americans making New Year’s resolutions this year, here are three tips to help you stick to three of the most popular:

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What’s Keeping YOU Up At Night?

With concerns rising that the economic recovery is stalling, and that we’re at risk of slipping into a “double dip” recession–when the economy shrinks, grows, and then goes back into reverse–it’s no surprise that one of three Americans are losing … Continue reading

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Are YOU a Shopaholic? How One Teenager is Managing Her Addiction

Every time 18-year-old, self-professed shopaholic Sarah Frank went to the mall, she spent several hundred dollars — namely on clothing and makeup. “I was buying all this stuff I didn’t need from places like Sephora, H&M, Forever 21.” When she … Continue reading

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