Jason Unger

4 Money Links You Gotta Read Today

If you’re interested in checking out some great reads about money, head over to these links. The death of cash – Fortune Indeed, a cashless future is more real than many suspect. In The End of Money, author David Wolman set out to live an entire year without using cash, and he largely succeeded. For […]

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Meet Budgetable, the Love Child of Mint and Groupon

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If you’ve been following Automatic Finances, then you’ve gotten onboard with using account aggregators like Yodlee’s MoneyCenter and Mint to connect all of your bank accounts, set your budget and track your spending. And you’ve probably, over the past couple of years, signed up to receive daily deals from sites like Groupon and LivingSocial, who […]

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The Best and Easiest Way to Deposit a Check

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I’ve talked about it plenty, but I refrain from writing checks as often as possible. Using auto-pay for my bills and going debit card only has allowed me to avoid dealing with checks pretty much all of the time … except when, of course, someone sends me a check. In the past, I had a […]

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There Goes Another Star Athlete’s Money Down the Drain

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It’s such a regular occurrence, we could probably start a whole blog about athletes and their money problems. Today, it’s news that Curt Schilling, former All-Star pitcher for the Red Sox, Diamondbacks and Phillies (not to mention his short stint with my Baltimore Orioles, before he was traded away in one of the worst trades ever) […]

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These Debt Collectors Picked The Wrong Woman to Mess With

It’s a short post, but something I just had to share with you. From ABC News: In a twist of irony, a West Virginia woman is trying to collect money from a collection agency. Diana Mey, of Wheeling, W. Va., won the largest judgment ever against an abusive debt collection company — more than $10 […]

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Is 2012 the Year Bank Accounts Pay For Everything Online?

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I mentioned it briefly in my last post about Verizon’s $2 online billpay fee (which has since been canned due to public and FCC response), but it looks like 2012 is shaping up to be the year credit cards see a legitimate challenger in online e-commerce. Since the Internet’s inception, credit cards have been the […]

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Verizon Now Charging for Online – But Not Automatic – Payments

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Verizon has announced that they will begin charging customers a $2 fee for paying their bills online via credit card, in order to “continue to support these single bill payment options in these channels and is designed to address costs incurred by us for only those customers who choose to make single bill payments in […]

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Here’s Even More Proof the ‘Experts’ Aren’t Always Right

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I’m not going to spend the time linking back to posts where I argue that you shouldn’t listen to so-called ‘experts’ when it comes to investing or stock picking – I’ve talked about it so much that if you haven’t gotten the message yet, you’re on your own. But yet again, there’s irrefutable proof that […]

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Day 16: Set up Budget and Spending Alerts

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I know you’ve been waiting patiently for the last few chapters for the ebook – so here we go. With smartphones, SMS and apps, it’s easier than ever to get automatic updates delivered straight to you wherever you are. Let’s set those up today.

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Day 15: Get Direct Deposit

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There’s almost no spiffy commentary I can offer about today’s chapter. Direct deposit makes life easier. If you have access to it, then you should use it. There’s almost no reason not to use it if you can. That’s it. Read today’s chapter and get it done!

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Day 14: Go Paperless

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Beyond the obvious financial benefits, Automatic Finances provides you with something that everyone desires: simplicity. You’ve got fewer bills you have to remember to pay. You don’t have to remember to save … it happens automatically. And today, you’re going to get rid of the stacks of paper that always end up creating a mess on […]

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Day 13: Set Your Bills to Be Paid Automatically

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I hate paying bills. But who doesn’t? It’s so arcane to take a couple hours out of a beautiful day, or a night when you could be sleeping, or otherwise doing something fun or productive, and write a ton of checks and stuff a lot of envelopes and stick a lot of stamps. Today, you’re […]

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Day 12: Automate Your Long-Term Savings

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Since today’s post is about automation again, I can use another picture of a robot. So here’s a robot with a frog. Automating your long-term savings is the key to protecting yourself … from yourself. When you’re attacking a long-term goal, it’s incredibly easy to procrastinate or convince yourself that something else is more important. […]

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