January 22nd, 20180100Georgia United's Kimberly Schoates has received the opportunity to attend the Credit Union National Association's Governmental Affairs Conference in a special way.
Schoates, who works as director of e-payments at Georgia United, has been selected by CUNA and The Cooperative Trust to participate in Crash the GAC 2018. Crash the GAC is...
January 22nd, 20180125The only credit union on Fort Benning — Kinetic Credit Union — is poised to help members who might be affected by the government shutdown.
The federal government shut down at midnight Friday into Saturday when the Republican and Democratic parties failed to pass a bill that would fund government spending. Kinetic CU President and...
January 15th, 201832116Listen, I get it. At first glance, taking a longer time to pay off that car loan seems to make sense.
>>Related: Rising auto loan rates could spell trouble for sub-prime credit scores<<
For one thing, you’re now paying more than ever for those new cars. According to data from Experian, the average car new loan...
January 11th, 20181101The employee challenging President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau suffered a legal blow Wednesday.
U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly refused to grant Leandra English, the CFPB’s deputy director, a preliminary injunction against the appointment of Mick Mulvaney.
English and Mulvaney...
January 10th, 20182126When 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, 2018168Gen 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, 20182582Sen. 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, 201867373The 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, 201828174Here’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...