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While most retailers in the United States struggle to catch up to the new EMV chip technology for credit cards, Walmart has been ready for nearly a decade. The nation’s…
The 77 million Americans pursued and often harassed by debt collection agencies won a moment of relief when the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered the nation’s two largest debt…
There aren’t many words in the English language less understood and more avoided than bankruptcy. “There definitely is a stigma attached to it,” Jeff Badgley said. “When people hear it,…
Father’s Day is just around the corner and I think it’s time to change the way we celebrate the occasion at the Frugal Man’s house. I think I will do…
There are approximately 2.8 million college graduates this year and 75 percent of them – 2.1 million people – borrowed an average of $35,000 to pay for that diploma. That…
Advertisers have teased American consumers forever with deals too good to be true and today’s boasts are more enticing than ever: Zero-percent financing on a new car and some credit…
If money is causing stress and anxiety in your house, take it easy. You’ve got company. The same thing is happening in the house next door. And the one across…
Most people know their financial footprint in the world, but probably couldn’t tell you their carbon footprint on the planet. Earth Day celebrations, which happen every year on April 22,…
Would you pay your bank $5 a month (or more?) just so you can withdraw money you have deposited there? As absurd as that sounds, a growing number of consumers…
McClary, B. (2015, April 7) Americans Are Overly Confident When It Comes to Finances, Yet Unprepared For The Future. Retrieved from https://www.nfcc.org/press/multimedia/news-releases/americans-are-overly-confident-when-it-comes-to-finances-yet-unprepared-for-the-future/
NA, (2013, January) College Students are Put to the Test: The Attitudes, Behaviors and Knowledge Levels of Financial Education. Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/bfay/Downloads/Inceptia_FinancialAptitudeAnalysis_researchbrief.pdf
http://newsroom.transunion.com/one-third-of-americans-have-never-checked-their-credit-report-reveals-transunion-study
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- Tobey, P. (2014, August 14) United States is the champion o credit card fraud – but Europe is catching up. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/08/14/united-states-is-the-champion-of-credit-card-fraud-but-europe-is-catching-up/
- NA, (2015, September 16) Credit card fraud and ID theft statistics. Retrieved from http://www.nasdaq.com/article/credit-card-fraud-and-id-theft-statistics-cm520388
- Issokson, J. (2015, September 30) MasterCard: U.S. Consumers and Merchants Benefit from Security of Chip Cards. Retrieved from http://newsroom.mastercard.com/press-releases/mastercard-u-s-consumers-and-merchants-benefit-from-security-of-chip-cards/