296 articles on "bank"

How To Instant Balance Your Checkbook

Do you cringe each month when you see your bank statement arrive online or via snail mail? You can banish traditional checkpoint balancing forever. How? By taking advantage of your bank’s “between statements” record-keeping. It’s perfectly l...

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Personal Checks and Saving Money

When you write a personal check you're essentially an order instructing your bank to pay a particular merchant a specified sum of money, using funds in your account at that bank. To collect the money, the merchant probably will deposit the check...

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Garnishments Are Alive and Well in Texas

Despite the fact that Texas does not allow a judgment creditor to garnish your wages directly from your employer, Texas law does permit your bank accounts to be garnished. Consequently, when you deposit your salary into a bank account, that account c...

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Alice in Credit Card Land

Your credit card is stolen. You place a phone call to the number provided in your tourist guide or in the local daily press. You provide your details and you cancel your card. You block it. In a few minutes, it should be transferred to the stop-list ...

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Debt Consolidation and How it Impacts Your Credit Rating

Debt is not a high commodity. Across the universe, people are not looking for a place to sign up for more debt. In America, over 30 million consumers’ credit scores teeter under the score of 620. Nonetheless, personal debt can be a debilitating sit...

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How Personal Loans Outperform Bankruptcy and Credit Counseling Services

Not all personal financial remedies are for everyone. Reviewing and understanding how the various credit and debt solutions vary, can help you fine tune your resources. Before you commit financial suicide, have you evaluated whether or not a personal...

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What is Online Banking and How Can It Help Me?

What is Online Banking and How Can It Help Me? by: Matt Clarkson If you're like most people, you've heard a lot about online banking but probably haven't tried it yourself. You still pay your bills by mail and deposit checks at yo...

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What is Credit Card and Debit Card Blocking?

What is Credit Card and Debit Card Blocking? by: John Mussi Have you ever been told you were over your credit card limit, or had your debit card declined, even though you knew you had available credit or money in your bank account? If this happe...

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The History of Business Loans

The History of Business Loans by: John Williams The first business loans possibly date back to ancient Greece. One of the most important services offered by Greek bankers was the lending of money to finance the carriage of freight by ships. They...

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It’s Not the Size of Your Bank Account

It’s Not the Size of Your Bank Account by: Stephanie Yeh You might think that if you win the lottery or get a huge raise, all your problems will be solved. Sounds logical, right? Well, it might sound logical, but it isn’t. Having a bigger ba...

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