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Lost funds? How to track down your old accounts

Discount Coder UK

When I was a little girl I had a savings account, set up for me by my granny Molly. Over the years I lost my bank book and forgot about it, and at the same time poor Granny Moll descended into dementia. When she died we found the paperwork and tracked the account down. Finance lost accounts lost funds'

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An Easy Way to Save for Irregular Expenses

For the Mommas

The term “sinking fund” was originally a business term used to designate a savings account where a corporation holds funds for the repayment of a debt in order to improve their liquidity. In personal finance, a sinking fund is a savings account that is designated specifically for an irregular expense. Bank Your Savings.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

We live in Richmond, Virginia, and have two of the best girls: McKayla, 10, and Shayne, 6. We want our girls to have an. errand every two weeks to stop by the bank, but the benefits far. friends or family to save on housing costs, and we put a little bit from. each check into a savings account. My husband.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? I started reading The Frugal Girl about two years before I escaped from the workforce, which was almost eight years ago. We lived off my salary and banked Alan’s even before we were married so that we could build our own house (literally), paying cash as we went. Made me proud!