The CC Bank Blog

Taking care of your finances is never easy – whether you’re in high school, a young adult who just started living alone, or a full-fledged adult.

There will always be times when you find yourself in a difficult spot because of your own bad money habits.

Schools and colleges teach us a lot about economic theory and business models.

But when we graduate, very few of us know what bad money management is.

There are many budget-breaking habits that are surprisingly common.

Not educating yourself and fixing your habits is how to ruin your financial life.

Managing your personal finances can be difficult so its normal to ask people for advice.

Often you will receive the same advice from a number of different people.

That is usually a good thing but in terms of your personal finances it might not be.

There are several common misconceptions out there when it comes to personal financial management.

Some of the advice you may receive about how to better manage your personal finances may end up costing you money.

Don’t worry!

Help is at hand.

This short article will outline to you some of the common personal financial myths out there and help you to make much more sense of them.

It will take you through some of the biggest potential pitfalls out there and try to help you avoid them.

Here we go.

Managing your personal finances and saving money can be complicated. There are so many things to track and so many unexpected events, keeping your finances in shape is no easy task.

Luckily help is at hand, there are an increasing number of web based tools being developed which can help to make this task much easier. Many of the best solutions can even be accessed through an app on your phone.

There are a wide variety of apps out there; some are very sophisticated others are a lot simpler. You do not need to always choose the most complicated one, you just need to choose the one that is the best fit for you.

This short guide will provide you with a list of some of the most helpful money saving and budgeting apps out there at the moment.

Download these and make sure your financial life a lot simpler.

Here we go!

At this time of year many people will have already set financial goals. Some will also have set down a budget which they have been sticking to and others will have already gone off course.

Whatever situation you may be in it is always good to conduct a periodic financial health check. Just like your physical health, your financial health should be monitored on an ongoing basis.

This may seem like a difficult thing to do but it is actually very easy. It involves a number of very straight forward thought processes and planning exercises which are really simple and effective.

Managing your financial health is a long term process requiring constant attention, just like managing your actual health.

This short guide will provide you with the information you need to conduct your own personal financial health check.

Here we go!