Tag: financial wellness

Real Stories Episode 9: Andre – Perspectives Along the Way

• September 3, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Budgeting, Podcasts, Real Stories

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Podcast guest, Andre, shares his personal stories and journeys of learning and teaching about personal finance.

Strategies to Pay Bills During COVID-19 – MoneyWise

• September 2, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Excerpt from MoneyWise looks at how to make room in your budget amid the pandemic. Featuring Katie Bossler, GreenPath Quality Assurance Specialist & GreenPath Expert The publication MoneyWise puts the spotlight on managing bills during a challenging time. They note that the ongoing coronavirus crisis continues to...

Learn How to Budget in 7 Easy Steps

• August 24, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Budgeting, Recorded Webinars

ON DEMAND - VIEW NOW: Have you experienced a sudden change, such as loss of income?  Is your unemployment income set to expire? Learn how to budget with intention! Learn how a few choices now can make budgeting each day easier.  In this webinar, we share how to: Prioritize your most important expenses Build...

Drowning in Debt? Here Are Your Options, Good and Bad – Consumers’ Checkbook

• August 18, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Excerpt from the website Consumers' Checkbook shares a personal story from one family that worked with GreenPath to manage finances during the ongoing crisis.   Even before the onset of today's crisis, millions of Americans are saddled with excessive debt. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to damage the economy,...

How to Plan for Back to School Expenses in a Time of COVID-19

• August 12, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Blog, Budgeting, Family

As families track the latest news about their communities K-12 reopening plans, it’s clear this is a school year like no other - especially as families plan for back to school expenses. Will students return in the classroom? Will a K-12 student school year involve a mix of online and in-class learning? Or will school...

0% balance transfer offers are dwindling, and offer lengths are shrinking – The Balance

• August 7, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Excerpt from The Balance looks at current trends in credit card interest rates. Featuring Jeff Arevalo, GreenPath Financial Wellness Expert The average credit card interest rate is 20.21%, according to data collected by The Balance in July 2020. That’s down a hair from June’s average rate of 20.22%, but not because...

Episode 8: Angela – A Journey Through Homeownership

• August 5, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Budgeting, Credit Card Debt, Home Ownership, Podcasts, Real Stories

In this episode, our guest Angela discusses her journey through homeownership and the financial decisions she and her husband had to make along the way. Angela spent a number of years at GreenPath in several roles. Her first role was as one of our Advocates— helping people who call GreenPath for the first time. Angela...

Three Reasons Why Making a Budget Can Make Sense for You

• August 4, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: Blog, Budgeting

In a time of uncertainty, many of the people we speak with find that making a budget is a powerful step to help improve financial health. Taking the time to create a simple budget helps people figure out how to meet financial goals, and weather any unexpected financial challenges that might come along. Why Budget? Making...

Should You Use a Credit Card Loan? – U.S. News & World Report

• July 28, 2020
• By: Greenpath Financial Wellness, GreenPath Financial Wellness is a trusted national nonprofit with more than 60-years of helping people build financial health and resiliency. Our NFCC-certified counselors give you options to manage credit card debt, student loans and homeownership.
• Category: News

Excerpt from U.S. News & World Report looks at credit card financing options. Featuring Katie Bossler, GreenPath Quality Assurance Specialist & GreenPath Expert This time of crisis has many looking to make ends meet.  To manage finances through the coronavirus, many people have found that the credit cards currently...