Articles from the Financial Security Category
New Financial Planning Software
February 5, 2019 | By Kevin Smith
Financial planning just got better with the addition of RightCapital, a fresh new cloud-based program for organizing financial information and visualizing financial concepts. We have been using eMoney for almost 10 years, waiting for a competitor to develop a better…Read More
Modern budgets
December 6, 2018 | By Kevin Smith
A tiny fraction of the population loves budgeting and has years of spending data stored in Excel models. The rest of us would rather scrub grout between bathroom tiles. Using a budget is how to make financial progress on purpose….Read More
Am I liable for unauthorized transactions on my debit card?
April 21, 2015 | By Kevin Smith
It depends. Federal law provides consumers with protection against most unauthorized credit- and debit-card transactions. Under federal law, consumer liability for unauthorized credit-card transactions is limited to $50. However, many banks and credit-card companies offer even more protection for credit…Read More
What is this new chip-card technology I have been hearing about in the news?
April 21, 2015 | By Kevin Smith
In recent years, data breaches at major retailers have increased across the United States. As a way to counteract these data breaches, many U.S. credit-card companies have started implementing a more secure chip-card technology called EMV (which is short for…Read More