Maven's blog

The school year is well underway, your children are settled in their classes and have learned quite a bit in the last month...so now's the time when most if not all kids are facing the reality of...TESTS!

Children can be nervous about tests and you can be equally nervous for them! You may want to take the test for them, of course that's not possible.

But there are some ways you can help your kids do the best they can on every test.

PROVIDE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT:

We’ve all heard cautionary tales about identity theft. Why, then, do so many of us assume that it will not happen to us?

It does happen, all too often. Credit card holders are more vulnerable than most; unlike the old days of check fraud and forged signatures, today’s identity thieves use credit card details to open up lines of credit and rack up serious debt in their victims’ names.

Young Children Do Not Understand the Concept of Credit Cards
It’s the 21st century, and most of the kids living in the United States are constantly watching their parents put a cute little plastic card into an automated teller machine and seeing the machine instantly spit out a wad of cash. It’s like magic! A machine that gives money whenever anybody wants it!

It’s only October, but there is actually less than 82 shopping days remaining until Christmas. Many people are still paying their holiday debt from last year, let alone feel ready to start the holiday gift buying season all over again. Didn’t you make a promise to start your holiday shopping earlier this year, so you wouldn’t be as tempted to rely on credit cards at the last minute?

Small business owners now have a wide variety of credit cards to choose from, and it makes it difficult to choose the best one for your small business. As a small business owner, you will need to decide which features you think that the company will use most often, and if they are worth using and having, before applying to a card. Many of the credit card companies now offer many attractive tools that can and will help each small business owner in their everyday spending and tracking.

As you start a business, you'll be paying out money left and right for various fees and supplies needed to get things going. If you're expanding your business, you'll most likely be in the same situation. One of the best ways to handle expenses for your business, whether they are start up costs or ongoing incidentals that occur, is to obtain a business credit card. With a business credit card, you'll have an organized reporting of expenses in addition to a quick and easy way to pay for your purchases.