A crisis is no time to wonder if your car payment is due.
Staying in control of your finances is essential, particularly during a crisis.
One way to start protecting your money: Use the digital apps for your banks and lenders.
Heres how to make it happen in 15 minutes.
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Dont trust your analog brain to remember all of them.
Also list your banks and all of your credit cards even the ones you dont regularly use.
That small convenience saves you the step of searching the companys website for a customer service number.
By downloading the app, youll also have easy access to your account information.
Doing the latter couldwreck your financesfor long after the disaster passes.
During an emergency, you dont want the electricity turned off just because you forgot what day it is.
Tiffany Wendeln Connors is a staff writer/editor at The Penny Hoarder.
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(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…