Budgeting And Banking Basics: A Guide To Basic Money Management

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What You’ll Learn 

In this course, you will gain a fundamental understanding of budgeting and banking basics, and learn:

  • How to manage your personal finances effectively
  • How to track your spending, make a budget, and review and adjust your budget as your financial situation changes
  • The basics of banking and the different types of financial institutions, including banks and credit unions
  • How the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), ensure that your money is safe in the event of bank failure
  • How to open and use checking and savings accounts, and how they differ
  • The benefits of online and mobile banking, and how they can help you manage your money more efficiently

Course Instructions

This course has a total of 16 lessons. To start a lesson, select the lesson title to open the course. Each lesson will have a quiz. To take the quiz, select the quiz title to open. Once a lesson has been completed, the lesson status will change to completed and your course status will update.

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Course Content

Before We Begin
Pretest 1 Quiz
Pretest Complete
Budgeting and Saving
Budgeting Basics 1 Quiz
Track Your Spending 1 Quiz
Identify Your Needs and Wants 1 Quiz
Make A Spending Plan 1 Quiz
Review And Adjust Your Spending Plan 1 Quiz
Banking
Banking Basics 1 Quiz
Lesson Content
Understanding FDIC and NCUA Insurance 1 Quiz
Understanding Checking Accounts 1 Quiz
Understanding Overdrafts And How To Avoid Them 1 Quiz
Understanding Savings Accounts and Interest Rates 1 Quiz
Online and Mobile Banking 1 Quiz
Course Completion
Final Exam 1 Quiz
Course Satisfaction Survey
Resource List And Course Completion Certificate