Financial Literacy
To pay down debt, first you have to save
When you want to pay off debt fast, that impulse often means depleting your savings. So how do you pay off debt AND save money? Mathematically, based on the interest rates of your loans versus your savings account (or other savings products), your debt is likely costing you more money every month than your savings…
Read MoreBalance your finances
In today’s day and age, balancing a checkbook has become a thing of the past. It is something we remember our parents doing. With modern technology, many people do not bother to balance their checkbooks anymore. In fact, most of us have done away with actual, physical checkbooks entirely by paying our bills online using…
Read MoreYour life goals, are our life goals
If there’s ever a time that “millennials” need cooperatives, it’s now. The last ten years have been quite transformational for this generation of young adults. Younger millennials just graduating college likely saw their parents lose jobs, benefits, and pensions while bank executives lost nothing. According to a study by Filene Research Institute, millennials make about…
Read MoreMillennials: rethink credit vs. debit
There is a generational divide when it comes to shopping: A CreditCards.com survey indicates that boomers and millennials both choose plastic, but for the older cohort the word is “credit,” and for the younger it is “debit.” Both systems work well but boomers might point out to their juniors that using debit to the exclusion…
Read MoreDrive off the lot with credit union financing
Did you know you can get credit union financing right at the car dealership? The process is designed so credit union members benefit several ways. First, as a member of a cooperative you reap the benefits of lower rates offered by White Sands FCU. Credit unions have lower loan interest rates than banks. In 2016,…
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