Budgeting And Banking Basics: A Guide To Basic Money Management

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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