Managing Money
Managing Money (www.managing-money.org) is a financial literacy clearinghouse featuring Consumer Action’s award-winning multilingual educational materials, headline news on personal finance topics and recommended publications created by other organizations and government agencies. The materials focus on financial services, sound financial planning and debt management, saving for emergencies and retirement and how to avoid frauds and scams.
News
- October 26, 2020 Being Black lowers the value of my home: The legacy of redlining
- October 26, 2020 There’s nobody to fix ovens, dishwashers and other appliances
- October 26, 2020 Eight countries accepting Americans for remote-work trips
- October 23, 2020 Target shoppers can now make reservations to avoid crowds
- October 23, 2020 Students who counted on work-study jobs now struggle
CA News & Special Reports
Consumer Action INSIDER - October 2020 The October 2020 issue of Consumer Action INSIDER highlights our webinar on job loss in the pandemic (part of our COVID-19 Educational Project, sponsored by Wells Fargo, with additional support from AT&T, Bank of America, Capital One, Chase, and Square); our use of the Financial Health Network’s FinHealth Score® Toolkit to gauge consumers' financial health using apps and other digital services to save money, etc.; advice on what to do if you bought a "lemon" (with or without a factory warranty); our recent coalition efforts; the latest CFPB happenings; and new settlements posted in our Class Action Database. (Thursday, October 01, 2020)
Five Recent Publications
Improving your financial health with FinTech - Video A beginner’s guide to personal finance apps. This video will introduce you to the types of FinTech tools available and how they can help you. It will also tell you what to consider when choosing an app and how to stay safe when using FinTech.
Esta vídeo le presenta los tipos de herramientas fintech disponibles y cómo pueden ayudarle. También explica lo que debe tener en cuenta al elegir una aplicación y cómo utilizarla de forma segura.
Estate planning: Critical decisions for uncertain times (Vietnamese) Đối Phó với COVID-19.
Đại dịch COVID-19 đã thúc đẩy người ta suy nghĩ đến việc chuyện làm các quyết định quan trọng cho ngày cuối của cuộc đời trước khi biến cố xảy ra. Ấn bản này phác thảo các quyết định quan trọng về gia tài mà mọi người nên làm bây giờ, giải thích các văn bản và công cụ nào giúp bảo đảm ước muốn của quý vị được toại nguyện, và cung ứng các nguồn tài liệu để tìm hiểu thêm, được giúp đỡ và làm các bước kế tiếp.
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the wisdom of making critical end-of-life decisions before a crisis strikes. This publication outlines the key estate planning decisions everyone should make now, explains which documents and tools help ensure that your wishes are carried out, and provides resources for learning more, getting help and taking next steps.
Estate planning: Critical decisions for uncertain times (Korean) COVID-19에 대한 대응.
코비드 전염병은 우리로 하여금 인생 막바지에 관련된 중대한 사항들을 위기가 오기 전에 결정해야 한다는 지혜를 가져다 주었습니다. 이 지문은 모든이들이 지금 결정해야 할 부동산 계획에 관련된 지식들을 요약하고 있습니다. 여기에 소개된 관련 문서 및 정보들은 당신의 소망이 실현될 수 있는 방법과 그에 필요한 지식을 배울 수 있는 곳, 어떻게 하면 도움을 받을 수 있는지, 적합한 절차는 무엇인지를 담고 있습니다.
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the wisdom of making critical end-of-life decisions before a crisis strikes. This publication outlines the key estate planning decisions everyone should make now, explains which documents and tools help ensure that your wishes are carried out, and provides resources for learning more, getting help and taking next steps.
Estate planning: Critical decisions for uncertain times (Spanish) Cómo hacerle frente al COVID-19.
La pandemia del COVID-19 ha recalcado la importancia de tomar decisiones críticas sobre el final de la vida antes de que ocurra una crisis. Esta publicación describe decisiones claves que se deben tomar en estos momentos, explica cuáles documentos y herramientas le ayudan a garantizar que sus deseos se lleven a cabo, y proporciona recursos para aprender más, obtener ayuda y tomar los pasos a seguir.
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the wisdom of making critical end-of-life decisions before a crisis strikes. This publication outlines the key estate planning decisions everyone should make now, explains which documents and tools help ensure that your wishes are carried out, and provides resources for learning more, getting help and taking next steps.
Recommended Publications
Friday, January 05, 2018
Mortgage loan relief for disaster victims. The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) has produced a guide to assist those helping homeowners struggling after a hurricane, flood, fire or other natural disaster.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Spanish-English glossary of real estate terms. A new Spanish-English glossary of commonly used real estate terms has been released to help real estate agents and brokers make the home buying process more manageable for consumers who seek to better understand the complexities of a mortgage transaction in Spanish. The glossary offers both formal and colloquial translations of key mortgage terms.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
2016 Car Insurance & Credit Scores Report by WalletHub. The WalletHub study gives us information on the connection between credit scores and car insurance.
Friday, September 04, 2015
CFPB Monthly Complaint Report: Credit Reporting Issues. Complaint reports from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) focus on a different issue each month providing a snapshot of complaint trends by type, state and company, and highlight actual complaints reported by consumers.
Friday, January 23, 2015
California Lifeline carrier search tool. The California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) has a multilingual tool that enables consumers to search for California LifeLine service providers.
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