Chances are by now that you have completed a good bit of your holiday shopping. Therefore, the team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union wants you to switch your mindset from holiday spending to lifetime saving. We want to challenge you to start working on putting $1,000 in the bank for a rainy day. A Better 2018 for Your Finances No matter how much you have in savings, it’s always a good idea to put away more. Read on →

Holiday shopping can be extremely stressful, especially financially. While our team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union wants you to be able to buy for everyone on your holiday list, it’s also important to make sure that shopping list doesn’t lead you down the road to debt in 2018. Planning for Holiday Shopping Where there’s a plan, there is financial savings. Let’s take a look at ways to help you stay in line with your finances as you shop. Read on →

Our team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union is excited to have the Thanksgiving holiday right around the corner. A break from school, spending time with loved ones, and eating delicious food are just some of the reasons Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday. However, before you go rushing off to your Thanksgiving Day celebration, it’s important to take some money-saving advice with you. Trim the “Financial” Turkey Read on →

Welcome to November! Can you believe that we’re this close to the holiday season? What better way to bring everyone together than at the Thanksgiving table located in your new home? Our team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union wants you to know that it can happen! Financial Advice for Buying a New Home While buying a new home can seem like a financially intimidating task, there are steps you can take to prepare! Read on →

In the wake of the recent Equifax Data Breach, the team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union wants to help you understand the steps that you can take to protect yourself when online. Ensure Safe Online Payments In today’s world, most payments and purchases occur over the Internet. The following are ways to help make online payments as safe and secure as possible. First, be careful how you search the Internet. Read on →

By now, your students and children probably have a million ideas of what they want to be for Halloween. The team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union has some tips to offer to help you and your family have a spook-tacular Halloween without breaking your budget. Halloween on a Budget Last year, Americans spent approximately $8.4 billion on candy and costumes during Halloween, according to the National Retail Federation’s survey. Read on →

Already missing those summer vacation days? The team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union wants to help you turn your frown upside down by showing you how many savings the month of September can bring! Once you read about the perks, you might never want to go back to summer. (OK, that probably takes thing a little too far!) Moneysaving Tips for September The following are ways to help you maximize your savings this September. Read on →

Remember how quickly a new school year arrived? Well, the team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union recommends that you go ahead and get started preparing for the holidays now. Why? Because the holidays will be here before you know it. Don’t you want to be more financially prepared than you were last year? Give a Gift That Doesn’t Leave You in Debt Who doesn’t want to give their loved ones exactly what they want for the holidays? Read on →

The team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union knows that while you love what you do as a teacher, chances are that you are not going to want to be a teacher forever. Therefore, it’s important to start saving for retirement with that very first paycheck. Planning for a Successful Retirement First, you need to get a plan in place. You have a destination you want to reach—retirement. Now, you need to figure out the path to get there. Read on →

The team at Cleveland Bradley County Teachers Federal Credit Union knows how crazy getting back into school mode can be for teachers. Check out these tips on how to make the process easier. Start the Year Off Right! One of the best things about a new school year is that it’s a completely fresh, new start. A new class, a new year, a new way of thinking. It’s time to take the lessons you’ve learned over the years and put them to good use with this new class. Read on →