Finance
Thankfully for many, holiday spending is behind us. Come January, the bills — and the New Year’s Resolutions — will start rolling in. When reflecting on habits you’d like to break in 2011, it’s important to take a look at your personal finances. Common problems such as being overweight, smoking and carrying credit-card debt could […]
It is the end of the year and beyond the visions of sugar plums dancing in my head, financial management is a reality that must be focused on. I agree with the tips from cashmoneylife.com Managing your finances is one of the most important things you can do to get ahead and stay ahead of […]
By Robert Juliano, Vice President of Community Development at Beneficial Bank In tough financial times, maintaining a budget and saving is crucial to your financial security. At Beneficial Bank, we put a priority on educating our customers about how they can do the right thing financially. We understand how challenging, and sometimes overwhelming, creating a […]
By Robert Juliano, Vice President of Community Development at Beneficial Bank Looking for a way to make budgeting easier? Online money management tools can help with this. Online tools can help you keep bills organized, track spending and allow you to set financial goals. Using tools such as Beneficial Bank’s FinanceWorks can help set you […]
NEW YORK (CBS 2) – In a country plagued by obesity, eating disorders, and the all-too-common pressure to simply look good, a new study finds that your waist size can play a role in your wallet size. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, shows that skinny women tend to have fatter paychecks than average or overweight […]
CNN Editors note: Bishop T.D. Jakes is a best-selling author and senior pastor of a 30,000-member church, The Potter’s House. As a faith leader, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, I’ve always had one foot in both the practical and the spiritual worlds. Prayer is good, but you also have to be able to manage your checkbook. As […]
Money is a common cause of friction for married couples, and it’s no wonder. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh (Genesis 2:24). So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together let […]
God’s Word contains basic principles to govern every aspect of marriage, including finances. The Word of God has basic principles that govern every aspect of marriage, including His minimum financial standards. Although often these biblical principles are in marked contrast with the world’s ideas concerning money, if couples will dedicate themselves to living by God’s […]
When God said in Gen. 2:24, ‘They shall become one flesh,’ He wasn’t talking only in the physical sense. Ours, Not Mine In a marriage, there is no “my money” and “your money” or “my debts” and “your debts.” There is only our money and our debts. A couple cannot be one if they separate […]
By Robert Juliano, Vice President of Community Development at Beneficial Bank As a nation, we are in a debt crisis. Today in the U.S., there are more than 576 million credit cards in circulation. Current credit card debt in the nation stands at $826 billion. There are 54 million households that have credit card debt, […]
By Robert Juliano, Vice President of Community Development at Beneficial Bank Managing your finances can be especially tough in this economy. One of the best financial decisions you can make right now is to go back to using cash and debit and move away from credit cards. Although it may seem challenging, you actually benefit […]
The average salary for a lead pastor in a megachurch is $147,000, according to a recent survey. Salaries for lead pastors go as high as $400,000 to as low as $40,000, Leadership Network reported in its 2010 Large Church Salary and Benefits Report. Executive pastors at churches that have a weekend attendance of 2,000 or […]