The month's budget is gone by the 15th — instant noodles carry you the rest of the way.
Literacy · Financial Literacy
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財務策略學院
How do you plan a monthly budget, build credit, and avoid subscription and debt traps?
Why this matters
The most expensive lessons in first-time money management are overdrafts, revolving interest, and subscriptions you forgot to cancel. The earlier you build budget, credit, and debt basics, the cheaper they are.
Situations you will actually meet
You pay only the credit-card minimum, and the balance quietly snowballs.
A free trial you forgot to cancel charges you a full year the next month.
Core course areas
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- Study-abroad budgets
- Monthly spending
- Bank accounts & transfers
- Credit cards & credit history
- Interest & debt
- Tuition & financial aid
- Work income & taxes
- Subscriptions, scams & emergency funds
Common mistakes & risks
Fixed costs, living money, and the emergency fund in one account — you never know what is actually spendable.
Reading "minimum due" as "all I owe this month" and ignoring revolving interest.
Signing up for a card for the welcome offer without checking the annual fee and its waiver terms.
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Upcoming courses
Full L｜Financial
(Sample) Study-abroad budgeting & remittance basics
- DateSat 08/23, 14:00–16:30
- VenueOnline
- SpeakerTBC
- Seats40 (full)
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