How to Use Student Checking Accounts to Teach Financial Literacy
Need a practical way to teach financial literacy? Read our blog and learn the benefits of student checking accounts, and how they help educate children about managing money.
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7 Festive Ways to Save Money Christmas Shopping
It’s that time of year again, and if you haven’t started your Christmas shopping yet, now is the time to do it. However, shopping for gifts can be challenging during economic uncertainty, especially when you’re looking to save money. Budgets are tighter, and the things you want and need cost more. Yet, this doesn’t mean you can’t have a great holiday.
We devised a plan to make your holiday shopping and gift-giving easier. Here are 7 festive ways to save money while Christmas shopping.
How to Boost Savings with a Money Market Account
Need a way to grow your money faster and with less effort? A money market account can help you achieve short-term financial goals and long-term solutions.
How to Set Up Email, Text and Voice Alerts for Your Bank Account
By adding email and text alerts to your bank account, you’re able to keep track of bank-related notifications that are important to you. Below we've listed the steps you take to set up email and text alerts for account events and balances.
Ways to identify new markets and customers
Ways to identify new markets and customers. Extraco Banks is committed to building businesses throughout Central Texas. Whether you're a startup or looking to create a succession plan for your business, we have the resources to help you achieve your business goals.
Benefits of a Living Trust
There are many benefits to creating a living trust. Here are the top three: 1. Avoid probate at death. Including multiple probates, if you own other property in another state. 2. It provides maximum privacy. 3. It can reduce or completely eliminate estate taxes.
Skimming: What is it? And how you can protect yourself
Card Skimming is not new, but the technology that makes it possible is evolving. Would you be able to identify an ATM rigged with skimming devices?
Extraco Banks Purchases Building for New Gatesville Location
Extraco Banks purchased the former Texas First State Bank location in Gatesville at 2501 Texas 36 with the intention of moving its Gatesville banking operation to this site in late fall 2023. Previously, Extraco had purchased land located along US Hwy 84 with the intention of building a new branch.
Bank Jugging: What it is and how you can protect yourself
As long as there are people making money, there will be others who will try to take it from them. While Skimming has been around for a while, the newest forms of theft are Bank Jugging and Card Cracking. You need to be aware of these new schemes so that they don’t happen to you.
Card Cracking: What is it? And how you can protect yourself
“Need cash quick with no strings attached? Have I got a deal for you?”
3 Tips to Get the Most from Your Financial Advisor
Make 2023 your best year yet with a financial advisor’s help. But how do you ensure you get the most from their services? After all, hiring an advisor isn’t cheap and can set you back between $2,000 and $7,000 per year for those who charge a flat rate. Others, however, charge a percentage of your account.
Extraco Banks' New Flagship Branch: Extraco Banks | West Adams In Temple, TX
Exciting developments are underway as Extraco Banks prepares to open its state-of-the-art flagship branch in Temple, TX, promising innovative financial solutions and community growth.
Are checks really safer than debit cards?
Once you decide to buy something, you then must determine the form of payment you’ll use. Is cash easiest? Will you write a check? Or is your debit card the best way to go? Pros and cons exist for all methods of payment. Many of us decide quickly without thinking through potential fraud or payment protection.
Financial Literacy Month: A Beginner's Guide to Investing
At Extraco, we believe knowledge is power, especially when it comes to your money. This month, we're highlighting the importance of investing and how EasyInvest can help you achieve your financial goals
Raising Children and Running a Business: Insights from Mom Entrepreneur Kelsey Baas
Hear from Kelsey Baas, owner of Compleo Physical Therapy & Wellness, about balancing family responsibilities while managing a business. This is part of Extraco Banks's The LINC Up series.
New to the Area? Here’s How to Feel at Home
Whether you moved here for a new job, school, a partner, or just because you needed a break from the big city, Extraco has some tips to help you get acclimated to your new hometown.
