Jill Gonzalez
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185 appearances
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first heard Oct 2017
last heard Jan 2018
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Well, a lot of these resolutions, or all of them really, were taken upon looking at two things.
One, what we've seen trending in 2017.
And two, what we're expecting in 2018.
So we're looking at the economic predictions and then basing resolutions off of that.
Exactly.
So once we looked at trends, once we looked at predictions, we also asked experts in the fields what they thought 2018 should hold in store for the average consumer.
Yes.
So 2017, and it sounds like we're actually saying this year after year, was a bad year for hacks and data breaches.
I think the biggest, of course, was Equifax.
And we're not expecting really anything to change in 2018, sadly.
But you don't have to be in the dark when things like that hit the news.
You can sign up for free credit monitoring.
And now there's an increased availability of free credit scores now more than ever.
So most people have a good sense of their credit standing these days if you're not one of them.
Then sign up for credit monitoring so you can proactively get text messages, you can get emails to see if your data has in fact been breached, and quickly find out how to stop it or hopefully prevent it.
It makes sense, but unfortunately this is one that people might think that they're going to do when January hits.
All of a sudden, it's February, and this isn't a priority for them anymore.
But paying your bill early, right after you get that paycheck, improves your credit utilization.
It improves your credit score, so it plays into some other resolutions that we've located as well.
So obviously, if you set up two automatic monthly payments from a deposit account, one for right after payday, another for a couple days before your monthly due date,
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