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How To Make Holiday Returns With Buy Now, Pay Later

Shoppers who used “buy now, pay later” to help finance gifts this holiday season may soon encounter an unwelcome surprise: Returns can be more challenging than when buying from the store with cash or a credit card.

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Holidays Can Bring Financial Stress, Here’s How To Reduce It

The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, but they can also be financially stressful. With gifts, social gatherings and plane tickets home, the costs can start piling up. 

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Inflation Forces Hard Choice For Older Adults

Lenore Angey never imagined she’d have to go back to work at age 76. With an ailing husband and the highest prices she can remember for everything from milk to gasoline, the retired school lunch worker from Cleveland, Ohio, now works part time as a salesperson.

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4 Ways To Protect Your Holiday Packages

A recent survey conducted by Chamberlain Group found that 69 percent of homeowners worry about their packages going missing during the holidays, adding to the stress they feel this time of year.

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This Year, Resolve To Leave No Gift Card Unused

Years ago, a friend who needed cash sold me a $100 Nordstrom gift card. I wish I knew where the heck I put it.

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6 Ways To Boost Your Credit Card Rewards This Holiday Season

Get your wallet ready, it’s that time again with the holidays right around the corner. An estimated 91 percent of Americans will celebrate in some form this holiday season, a November report from the National Retail Federation shows.

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