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Online Bill-Paying Services: Login for a Lesson in Myth vs. Reality It's human nature to approach new technology with caution - especially when it involves our money. Take ATMs, for example. Sure, we count on them today for convenient, around-the-clock banking, but there was a time when people were afraid to use them...afraid their passwords would be cracked, and their accounts drained. Blame it on concerns about online security, but some people feel the same way about online bill paying services these days. Learn more about why paying your bills online is more secure than you might realize. How Much Money Should You Save? The answer is actually a lot simpler than you may think. How much income you should save does not ultimately lie in some online quiz or magic formula you find in a magazine. It lies solely with you. It's your needs and wants: that new car or truck, a once-in-a-lifetime vacation or your place in the sun during retirement. It's not impossible to build your savings. In fact, it's relatively simple if you follow the right steps. Find out how. Mortgage Refinancing: When It Makes Sense -- and When It Doesn't Just when everyone thought that the mortgage refinancing party was over, it's now started back up all over again. Mortgage rates hit rock bottom last summer and then started creeping back up slowly through the end of the year, leading many observers to predict that the party was coming to an end. But that hasn't happened. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, rates ticked down slightly once again to 5.41% and 4.73% for 30- and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, respectively for the week of March 15. And, the number of refinancing applications rose by nearly 40% that week, with lenders taking more applications than they have in any week since the peak of refinancing activity last July. Get the whole story.	How to Establish a Secure Password 1) Avoid weak passwords that: include personal information about the user. consist of known words that can be found in many hacker password dictionaries. contain number or letter sequences or letter-to-number substitutions, such as E for 3 or O for zero. 2) Create strong passwords that: are eight characters or longer. don't use any term that could easily be guessed by someone who is familiar with you. don't contain personal identification numbers, including those on a license plate, your telephone number, birth date or any part of your Social Security number. contain characters from three of the four classes of characters: * English uppercase letters (A, B, C). * English lowercase letters (a, b, c). * Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3). * Special characters (!, *, $ or other punctuation symbols). Learn more about online security.
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