Time for a Friday Flight- our little sampling of the week’s financial news and what it means for your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we boil them down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to get ahead with your money. In this episode we explain some relevant and helpful stories like: last minute tax tips, more money vs more time, new job fever, jobs of tomorrow, beware of the neobanks, car wrap scams, repair or replace that appliance, less cashierless stores, fewer discount stores, ‘use by’ dates, & nutrition labels for the internet.

Additional links:

• Tax refund – Keep tabs on the status of your federal tax refund with the IRS refund tracker.
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• High yield online savings – One of the simplest steps you can take to ensure you’re earning the most on your money is by switching over to a high yield savings. At the moment CIT Bank is offering 5.00% in their Platinum Savings Account!

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