Time for a Friday Flight- our 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: prepared for Prime Day, student loans (un)forgiven, details of the SAVE plan, FTC targeting fake reviews, shamed spenders, debt counseling, geographic arbitrage, charitable giving on the decline, and optimizing your giving with Daffy.

Additional links:

• Student loans – Check out the updated calculator over at Student Loan Planner to see what your payments might be under the new SAVE plan. Here’s out full Student Loan Planner review if you’d got $20k+ debt and would like to consult an expert!

• Fake reviews – Fakespot is a great site to help you to figure out if reviews are legit!

• Debt counseling – For help with overwhelming debt, check out free services offered by the NFCC (National Foundation for Credit Counseling) and Money Management International.

• Charitable giving – If you’re looking for the best place to open a donor advised fund then look no further than Joel’s review of Daffy.

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