July is National Military Consumer Month. It’s a month where the Federal Trade Commission focuses on helping military Service Members, Veterans and their families learn about key consumer protections they need to be successful. For the second year, the FTC is focusing Military Consumer Month on imposter scams. The goal is to help military personnel understand imposter scams and the steps they can take to avoid them. But in reality, everyone can use this advice to avoid getting scammed.

How to have fun in the sun this summer without taking on extra credit card debt.

Summer has officially kicked off, which means that it’s a good time to set a summer budget.

A summer budget can help you maintain stability over the next few months, so you can avoid credit card debt. With that in mind, the experts at KOFE have some tips that can help you build a budget that will help you stay on track this season.

April was National Financial Literacy Month and to help consumers expand their knowledge and achieve a better outlook, KOFE created a 30-day action plan. It’s designed to help you build your understanding of key financial topics and then take actions related to each topic.

The check list is based on the eight key areas of financial understanding. Each key area is broken up to three specific actions you can take to make sure your financial life is up to speed in that area of interest. You have a few days allocated to focus on each area so you can end the month in a better place financially.

Two surveys came out recently that investigate how likely credit card users are to miss a payment. The first survey from Nerd Wallet polled 2,000 people to find out how many had made a delinquent payment. The second survey from CreditCards.com polled 1,000 adults to ask the same type of question.