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Making Tough Financial Choices in a Tough Economy

For those unemployed, financial hardship is a reality they are facing now or will soon face as their income has stopped or gotten smaller. Even the government’s Economic Impact Payments may provide only limited fiscal relief for Americans whose personal debt may be increasing while their funds are decreasing. With less money, it’s essential to be very careful with spending it, and to think about what you could do now to trim expenses.

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Creating a More Cyber Secure Home Network

While corporate computers being used at home may have a variety of security systems installed, such as a computer antivirus/antimalware suite and Virtual Private Network (VPN) that are always on or turn on automatically when needed, security at home begins with securing your network to provide more protection from possible attack from malware, scammers, and phishing. A key step in security improvement is managing the hardware that delivers your internet service.

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Watch Out for Coronavirus and Economic Impact Payment Fraudsters

Unfortunately, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic provides an exploitable opportunity for fraudsters to prey on people who are afraid, uninformed, misinformed, and even desperate due to how the pandemic has disrupted lives, companies and our country. Fraudsters may go after bank and checking accounts, credit cards and your identity, and they will use sophisticated software and highly trained and scripted telephone and email agents—who sound very official and legitimate—to trick us into giving them what they want.

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Working from Home? Here Are 15 Financial Tasks You Can Do Now

From the privacy of your home, you can invest time in personal financial matters that you might not be able to focus on at a workplace. Every year you should take a look at your income, expenses, and budget and adjust them.

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Important Financial Education for Select Employee Groups During the Pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic impacts all of us now—and may affect the world for months—improving your financial knowledge could be essential in helping sustain your financial well-being.  Key information may assist you in overcoming any setbacks that you may encounter during this unique and challenging time.

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What to Expect If You’re Expecting a Government Impact Payment

This past March, U.S. government leaders said that they intended to send economic impact payments (through direct deposit to an account or by a paper check in the U.S. mail) to many Americans to help them pay expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 30, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provided more details on these payments, including information on who will receive them and how they will be distributed. Following are just some of the key points from the government announcement to keep in mind if you think that you may be receiving a payment in coming weeks.

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