Shared Branches
(Extra) Credit
Everything you need to know about using credit,
including credit scores.
Breakdown Of A Credit Score
You’ve likely heard about credit scores before (thanks to all those commercials with terrible jingles), but what do you actually know about them? How long have they been around? And what’s the deal with checking them?
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Boost Your Credit Score
Credit scores are an area of personal finance that seem a lot more mysterious than they actually are. Many people believe that improving them is a matter of trial and error and, as a result, there’s a lot of “credit score advice” floating around that can end up doing more harm than good.
Infographic HandoutComparing Cards
Think fast: what’s the most recent financial decision you made? You likely won’t have to think too far back. It’s not the last account you opened, or the school loans you consolidated—it’s something much simpler that’s part of your daily routine.
Loan Basics
Loans help finance some of our biggest goals in life. They can provide access to possibilities that we can’t afford upfront—possibilities like going to school, buying a home or starting a business (to name just a few).
Infographic HandoutResponding to Financial Emergencies
The COVID-19 pandemic is a sobering reminder that financial challenges come in all
shapes
and sizes. Some obstacles—such as job loss or income reduction—are immediate and
obvious.
Others—such as fear or uncertainty about the future—are more subtle, but they can
still disrupt
our regular spending and saving patterns in a negative way.