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Managing Your Money

From savings and credit to investing and financial planning, build your confidence around managing your money by exploring these important topics.

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Make Saving a Habit You Can Keep

Build financial stability by learning how to make saving a habit. Explore actions you can take today for your future.

BECOME A SAVER

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Good Financial Habits Die Hard

If you’re trying to set yourself up for long-term financial security and success, good financial habits will work to your advantage, regardless of your age.

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Making Safe, Easy Mobile Payments

Learn about mobile payments and how they are changing the way we pay for things, without having to handle cash, cards or checks.

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Getting Through Today's Financial Stress

Today's global pandemic adds to financial stress many of us already feel. Find tips from trusted resources to act on now and help manage your debt and find some relief.

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Getting Out of Debt

If you’re struggling with debt or have an uncomfortably high credit card balance, you’re not alone.

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Start Saving

Saving money is easier said than done, but it really is one of the best things you can do for your state of mind. Start saving the right way, today.

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Good Habits: Money Matters Make a Difference

With credit card bills rolling in and the allure of online shopping as provocative as ever, set good money habits now that can make a world of difference in the new year and for life.

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Financial Security: What It Is and How to Get There

Financial security is about mindset and actions. And it’s more achievable than we may think.

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Borrowing Smart

Borrowing money—or “credit”—is an essential tool in your personal financial toolkit. When managed well, credit makes it easier to achieve life’s goals..

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Start Investing

What should you do with your savings? Consider investing it. Set your goals and objectives, and establish an investment plan to reach them.

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Professional Financial Planning

Financial planning is not a solo effort. Find out the ins and outs of working with a financial advisor.

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Save or Spend Your Tax Refund?

Before you start dreaming about how you’ll spend your tax refund, consider this: saving it could be your best first step toward financial well-being.

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Make It On a Retirement Income

Experts tell us that our retirement savings goal should total 80% of our annual income for 30 years. For some of us, that’s over a million dollars!

People's United Advisors WealthyMinds shares insights for your financial well being, with a feature in this Q1 2020 issue titled Good Financial Habits Die Hard - And That's A Good Thing

Good Financial Habits Die Hard – And that’s a good thing

Make good financial habits your reality this year.

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Should I pay off debt or invest in savings?

Determine whether paying off your debt or investing the same amount would be a better financial decision.

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Should I consolidate my debts?

Compare monthly payments, total interest, and total tax savings between your existing loans and credit cards with a new loan consolidating all your debts.

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Which is better: cash or payments?

Compare two payment options: receiving cash in a lump sum to invest yourself versus taking an annuity paid out over a number of years.

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How We Can Help...

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Savings and Money Market

Put your money to work for you. Find the interest-earning savings or money market option right for you.

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Personal Loans

Turn dreams into reality with access the funds you need through financial solutions tailored to you.

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Investments

Investing is an integral part of building towards your long-term goals, and options are wide-ranging and varied.

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On April 2, 2022, People's United Bank, N.A. merged into M&T Bank. It is now part of M&T Bank and its former branches and most services will operate as the People's United division of M&T Bank until we complete the integration of our systems later in 2022. M&T Bank is a Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender and Equal Opportunity Lender.