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.
When you're trying to remember everything you should do while buying a car, it's easy to forget what you shouldn't.
Helping others financially is a wonderful thing in and of itself, and the tax deduction is a nice benefit too. But don't assume that just because you've donated to a worthy cause, everything you donate is tax deductible. It isn't.
Your finances shouldn't affect your physical and mental health.
