January 10th, 20183144When did looking good get so expensive?
There are moisturizers you need to keep your skin the perfect texture. You need makeup to make sure your complexion is to your liking. And then there’s the products to keep your hair straight, curly, voluminous, shiny.
Oh, great – and now contouring is a thing.
Well, relax. You don’t...
January 10th, 2018181Gen X isn’t feeling so confident about retiring, according to a USA Today report.
A survey from TD Ameritrade found that nearly four out of 10 people born between 1965 and the late 1970s say they would like to “fully retire” someday, but feel like they won’t be able to afford to.
USA Today reports that much of this gloom...
January 9th, 201826101Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) accused the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of using security concerns as an excuse to hamper the group's operations.
>>Related: Here are 5 things you need to know about the CFPB<<
Warren thought up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and helped...
January 9th, 201870406The holidays might be over, but nobody told your credit cards.
A Magnify Money poll found Americans added an average of $986 in debt during this holiday season. That might not seem like a huge number – but let’s not forget those pesky interest rates and daily expenses. Consumers making the minimum $25 payment each month on a 15...
January 8th, 201828190Here’s some bad news for those struggling with less than stellar credit scores: you may have a difficult time getting a new car loan in 2018.
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates three times in 2017 and is predicted to raise rates at least that many times again in 2018. And that, of course, means interest rates on new car loans...
January 8th, 201861228A credit-union owned league from Haiti became the latest member of the World Council of Credit Unions as 2017 drew to a close.
WOCCU's board of directors unanimously approved the membership application for the Association des Caisses Populaires Haitiennes, a 100-percent credit union-owned organization in Haiti that offers advocacy,...
January 8th, 201832134A longtime Robins Financial Credit Union employee will now take the reigns at the credit union's Forsyth Branch.
Indian Cumpton has been promoted to manager of the branch after working with Robins Financial for 18 years, according to a Robins Financial press release.
When she's not serving the community at Robins Financial,...
January 8th, 201856102Banks, retailers and technology firms came together late last week to send a letter to the House Energy and Commerce committee asking for new federal regulations governing data breaches that would preempt state law, according to Credit Union Journal.
The groups called for regulations that would create a "flexible, scalable standard"...
January 5th, 2018229893The new year has long been a time to focus on weight loss. New year, new you, right?
Unfortunately, that mentality can also feed into the success of companies hawking phony and costly weight loss products that do more harm than good to your body.
Beginning in 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration noticed many over-the-counter...