One of the safest and easiest ways to manage your money is through a checking account?
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I'm not sure about safest... people can steal checkbooks too- and if you think people *always* ID.... nope.  That's the reason credit cards still get stolen.  The actual safest, although not probable in these days, is cash.  If you lose it,  or it gets stolen, that's all that's lost.  Not your identity or hundreds to thousands of dollars which you wouldn't be carrying on you.\n\nThe easiest way to manage your money is with a good budget.  Write up a budget including your bills, personal expenses, savings, etc., and keep an eye on it.  Write down everything that you buy and try to keep within your means.
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For example:\n\nYou open an account with a full-service online brokerage such as Fidelity. You make a deposit into your account. Depending upon your account type, you can have a debit card, or check writing feature that allows you to spend money from your account.\n\nYou make an investment selection. (stocks, mutual funds, CDs) If you get the desired gain in that investment and sell it, the cash is deposited in your account. You can use a debit card or check to spend the money, request a money transfer to another account, or request a check for the funds....or you leave it in your brokerage account and earn interest.
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This is a vague question.  What do you mean when you say what is the best.  If you mean safest, most have insurance guarding you on your investments if the financial service and/or trust company were to go bankrupt.  If you mean, honest, depends on what you are looking for.  Are you interested in one of these places to manage your money?  Manage your trust account?  \n\nIf you can be more specific, I will help you. \n\nGood luck!
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use paypal. they'll convert it for you, and take it right from her/his checking/banking account and put it in your checking/banking account. just you and him/her both need an account, which is super easy to get.
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checks bounce....\nIt is important to keep your credit clean
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Same as a regular check.\n\nCoach
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Go to your bank and get a sign in ID and a password and sign in online. They have easy to follow instructions
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Often the bank's number has a merchant option as part of automatic service where you can check the availability of fund. If not, talk to the teller the first thing in the morning since they adjust the account every afternoon. When the fund is there, take the check to the bank where it came from and cash it at the teller counter.
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You need a checking account to write checks on to pay your bills.  You need a savings account to put away funds for your future.  The checking account will pay little or no interest on the funds you leave in it.  The savings account will pay a better interest rate of the funds in it.  You should have both kinds of accounts.  Use the checking account to pay bills.  Use the savings account to begin your pursuit of economic independence.  Try to put away ten percent of your take-home pay into the savings account.  Also,try to put away all weird little monies you get such as a rebate on a purchase or  Christmas gift check from a relative into your savings account.  Over time you will probably exchange the savings account with a money market account...and likely branch out to certificates of deposit and mutual funds as you increase the balance in the money market account.
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Setup an orange savings account at ingdirect.com, and arrange it so that a certain dollar amount is transferred to that account, from your existing checking acount, every payday. Treat this as if it is a bill you are paying, rather than an optional thing to do with your money. It's a philosphy called "paying yourself first", and it's a lifetime practice you can use not only for a downpayment, but also for college savings for your future kids, or for your retirement nest egg.
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Probably your bank. They can usually open a secured credit card based on the amount in your savings account. It's also the safest bet for you, because it's a place where your money already is, and it's with a company you trust and already have a history with.
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The only one I can think of is your Check Cashing Outlets.\nThey make it easy for someone who does not have or cannot obtain a bank account. It usually costs about 3% of the value of the check but is an excellent option if you can't get a checking account.
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It doesn't matter where the funds are from.  The account is what is restrained.  If you get the check issued directly to you and cash it out then you'll get to keep it, but once it's in the account it's just "your" money and there's no difference between it and any other money even if there is no "other" money in the account.  \n\nThe only way to protect the check is not to have it put into the account.
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Bank of America recently bought Fleet Bank, a large outfit that served the east coast and out in here in New England.  Bank of America has excellent programs for folks with some cash in their accounts. By that I mean there is a difference between the person with a $500 checking account and someone with a brokerage account, home loan and large savings account. From my experience, they have done everything well as far as service, reducing fee's and assistance in loans. Bank of America also has a new program called 'Keep the Change', which is something that other banks will catch on with in the future. Basically if you buy something for $1.19, they take $2.00 from your checking account and place $0.81 into your savings account....Pretty neat stuff...
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We have had Bank of America for several years and I am vey satisfied with it. It also has online bill pay (free) which saves a lot of stamps and envelopes. You can write checks to just about anyone.
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Of course you can, as long as you aren't into illegal activity, like laundering. Banks prefer you deposit the cash, they make money on it, you make money on it everybody is happy!
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Any bank should do. Be aware they accept only paper money.