The National Foundation for Credit Counseling (“NFCC”) recently surveyed peoples’ opinions of their mother’s personal finance skills. An overwhelming majority, 67 percent, saw their mother as either someone who is… read more →
It’s tax time again, and as always, we urge taxpayers to carefully consider their plans for their tax refunds. As a credit counseling agency, we want to see people pay… read more →
Our friends at the Jump$tart Coalition have studied financial education in schools, and have found that only 12% of high school graduates learn about money management in school. That means… read more →
America Saves Week has a theme each year, and this year that theme is simple and powerful: Set a Goal. Make a Plan. Save Automatically. Set a Goal People who… read more →
In honor of America Saves Week, we’re urging consumers to take a pledge to save, create a concrete written plan, and begin saving toward their financial goals. Our credit counseling… read more →
We wrote some advice a few months ago urging you to set up your bank accounts for financial success. Included in that advice was a recommendation to use automatic bill… read more →
Often when people turn to credit counseling, it’s because they have experienced a financial crisis, sometimes caused by an unexpected reduction in income, or a medical emergency. Credit counseling educates… read more →
