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First Alliance Credit Union: Jan 14, 2020 6:45:00 AM
Experts agree that we can't totally protect ourselves in every situation, but there are many things we can do to reduce our chances of becoming a...
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Jenna Taubel: Jan 9, 2020 5:35:00 AM
You may have heard before that credit unions are “not-for-profit” business entities. That is not to be confused with a “nonprofit.” There are...
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Chris Gottschalk: Jan 7, 2020 6:45:00 AM
If you're in the Midwest, you'll eventually wake up to find your town has been buried under snow and that everything has shut down due to inclement...
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First Alliance Credit Union: Jan 2, 2020 7:23:00 AM
No one likes being in debt or owing money to someone, but there is a large percentage of the population in the United States that is currently in...
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First Alliance Credit Union: Dec 31, 2019 6:27:00 AM
Saving money is tough. In fact, as humans, we're wired to take care of our needs now, and worry about later...well, later. Putting resources away for...
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First Alliance Credit Union: Dec 26, 2019 6:31:00 AM
I recently turned forty. When I hit this milestone, I was fairly confident that I had mastered the digital age, at least a little. I have a good...
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Chris Gottschalk: Dec 24, 2019 7:00:00 AM
Anybody who has gone into a store the week after Christmas knows that retailers have a ton of stock leftover from the holidays. It’s also common...
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First Alliance Credit Union: Dec 19, 2019 9:10:00 AM
Fraud scams and schemes are hardly limited to the holidays, but they tend to spike during this high-spending and stressful time of the year. We have...
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Chris Gottschalk: Dec 17, 2019 5:45:00 AM
Out of all the holiday television specials making their way across the airwaves this December, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” stands above them all....
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First Alliance Credit Union: Dec 10, 2019 6:56:00 AM
According to recent statistics regarding student debt in our country, Americans owe over $1.4 trillion in student loan debt, which is spread out...
