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Paper Taper: 14 Reasons to Pay Your Bills Online

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Farewell bill-paying paper trails…happy trails to you. Remember when bill pay meant sending and receiving paper checks? Or the stress of running out of checks with a bill due? How about dashing to the post office to buy stamps for those…
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Save Yourself: 13 Odd Ways to Trick Yourself Into Saving Money

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If we all knew the secret ways to save money we’d be in much better financial shape, right? After all, we should be saving for retirement, future college expenses or just the proverbial rainy day, yet a recent Bankrate survey found that…
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Straight Shooter: 9 Reasons why Having Direct Deposit Will Improve Your Life

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A direct deposit account, or receiving a paycheck electronically, is a great feature offered by many employers. Environmentally friendly, this paperless process is also a great benefit to employers and employees both. Initially, an employee…

Debit or Credit? 11 Tips on Knowing How to Pay for Your Stuff

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As if deciding what you buy and where to buy it wasn't hard enough, you also have to decide how you want to buy something. Debit versus credit, check or good old-fashioned cash. Decisions decisions. Turns out managing your money and your payment…
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Tipping Point: 14 Things to Consider When Leaving Gratuity

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There is an urban myth about a restaurant in NYC’s Chinatown where one of the waitstaff will chase stingy customers who don’t follow basic tipping guidelines down the street, cursing them out in Cantonese. All restaurants, perhaps, should…
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Loud & Proud: 15 Reasons Why it’s Okay that You Earn More than Your Man

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According to Pew Research, the pay gap between men and women with similar qualifications and education is narrowing. Yes, this is GREAT news for gender equality but before you pop open the champagne, the Paycheck Fairness Act was blocked by…
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Banking Friendly: 15 Ways to Know Which Bank is Right for You

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Like most things today, banks now come in an array of sizes and flavors, each option offering its own brand of perks and amenities. From large international banks, to credit unions, to small local banks, choosing a bank involves a deep analysis…
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Saving Grace: 14 Finance Preservation Mistakes Women Always Make

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From the outset, let’s make one thing clear; men and women make bad financial choices. Women as a group, however, seem to make certain mistakes more often. In a HuffPost piece, Sallie Krawcheck, formerly of Merrill Lynch Smith Barney had…
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The Art of Having ‘Cred: 15 Credit Card Tactics Everyone Should Employ

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For many of us, our credit cards have been getting a whole lot of action lately. That daily cup of coffee, our grocery run, the pair of shoes we couldn’t resist, gas, and literally everything we buy online…our shiny plastic friend has…