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New Monthly Fees on Chase Checking Accounts

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The Chase Bank has informed about the recent alteration to its checking account holders’ thorough letters. You can stay away from the charges on monthly basis. However, if you do not fulfill the pre-requisites, you will have to pay a service levy every month. If you try to find out what are their intensions, then you will be able to understand the concept of options and service fee introduced by Chase.

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You have to Pay the Fee, if You don’t Fulfill the Pre-requisites

In the Chase letter delivered to its checking account holders, it has been briefed that if you are unable to fulfill the pre-requisites, you have to make a payment of US$10 every month as its charges. Following are the points that have been described by SVP Chase; Ms. Jennifer Myhre. These points advise the account holders what they should do to stay away from this fee.

§  The regular balance of deposit accounts alone or by combining with investment accounts should be at least US$5,000 or more

§  To make a payment of US$25 or more. This is without the inclusion of monthly service fee.

§  The account should have one direct deposit of minimum US$500 or more than that

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Ten 2010 Money Saving Tips

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In order to save much of your money and stabilizing you financial status in the following year, you need to follow certain tips.

1. Emergency saving account

Develop your habit of saving money. Open a dedicated saving account and deposit your money right from your paycheck. This will save your money to be spent at unnecessary things. Another thing you can go for is putting your saved money on autopilot. If you follow these steps, you will certainly develop a many saving habit.

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2. High-yield saving account

If you eventually decide for saving your money, you definitely need some place to put them in. For such purpose, keep three things in mind while choosing one for you. The foremost thing must be that what ever place you chose, must be easily assessable in the time of the need. Secondly, there must not be any risk of investment. Thirdly, there must be a return for your earning in order to preserve them when there is inflation.

3. Free checking account

The checking account must be an authentic one; otherwise you will lose hundreds of your dollars every year. A monthly service fee charged by an average interest-bearing checking account is $12.55.

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How Do Debt Consolidation Companies Make Money?

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Many people think that debt consolidation firms do not make any money and they are there just to help you out. But the fact is that although most of the debt consolidation companies claim to be non-profit, they do make a lot of money at the cost of their customer’s financial health.

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The customers can be charged in many ways by these companies. Some companies deduct a percentage of the payments made to the lenders, whereas others keep the first one or two payments to cover for "administration costs". But this can really affect the customer’s credit report as it can lead to the customer being considered delinquent from the creditors’ point of view.

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