Financial Education ---
Thrive by 5
Teach your pre-schooler about spending and saving. Free activities and other resources for parents who want to encourage healthy attitudes about money to young children.
Googolplex
A place for students to learn about money, Googolplex is actually three web sites: 5-Spot introduces elementary schoolers to financial concepts through interactive games and stories. AJ's helps educate middle schoolers about money and responsibility. And C-Note offers money management skills for high school students.
Guides To Independence
Your teen can earn free music downloads just for learning financial literacy! A series of short, interactive learning modules covering topics like shopping, saving and investing, how to manage a checking account, using a check card, budgeting, buying a used car and borrowing money.
GiveMe20.com
Designed to help parents help their children develop the self-confidence and personal skills they need to successfully manage money. It's your resource for teaching them the true value of financial responsibility, from their first allowance to savings habits, managing their cash and using credit.
Money Mix for Young Adults
A collection of financial tools, articles and interactive blogs geared specifically to opportunities and challenges young adults are facing today, such as budgeting, saving and making wise use of credit.
Home & Family Finance Resource Center
The complete guide to personal finance for consumers, covering topics such as saving and investing, retirement, insurance, autos, housing, credit and much more.
ATM Locators ---
Advantage ATM Locator
Find any Advantage ATM machine location in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota and enjoy surcharge-free access to your money.
Here is where you go to get a free credit report. You are allowed by law to get one free report per year from each of the three participating credit reporting agencies, and this is the only authorized site for obtaining the reports without charge -- and without any obligation to buy anything else!
FakeChecks.org
This informative site, developed by the National Consumers League, is designed to warn and educate consumers about the different types of counterfeit check scams. The site includes videos of possible scams, a quiz to see if you could be faked out, and advice on how to prevent being victimized. Very fun -- and informative too!
Federal Trade Commission - Identity Theft
An excellent resource on the subject of identity theft. Advice on how to prevent it, and what you can do if you become a victim. Be sure to check out the free guide entitled: ID THEFT When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name.
Verified By Visa
Get reassurance that only you can use your Visa card online. Protect yourself against fraud by setting up your own personal password.
Other Useful Sites ---
