Paying in CASH
We’ll focus on just one technique to improve your finances - paying in cash. Here’s how making cash-only purchases can help you to budget, save and invest.
A Plastic Paradise
With rapid increases in the use of plastic over hard currency, some people consider carrying cash old fashioned. To be fair, plastic is much sexier than a bit of colored paper with a deceased president gazing into the great beyond. Some banks even allow you to customize the color and graphics on your credit and debit cards.
Debit and credit cards also offer the advantage of security. With them, you need a signature and/or a PIN number to access your funds. Cash is only protected by your ability to defend it should someone want to take it from you.
Except for the odd country store, plastic is accepted in as many places as cash is. Yet cash is almost always the better choice for […]
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