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Make these moves this month

“Beware the Ides of March.” Shakespeare’s warning about March 15 wasn’t strong enough, apparently, because Julius Caesar ended up dead by the end of the play. (Also in real life when he was assassinated in 44 BC.)

The Ides of March has been associated with betrayal and misfortune ever since. In ancient Rome, it also used to be the day when people settled debts. (That’s because March was the first month in the Roman year back then — we’re full of fun facts.)

If you’ve got a debt to settle and it’s stressing you out, let us help. We’ve got some simple, realistic ways to help you pay off debt this month and take control of your money. Then, you can follow the advice of another great Shakespearean play and “neither a borrower nor a lender be.” (It’s from Hamlet! We’ll stop.)

Be Gone, Debt

$1.28T is the total of outstanding credit card balances in the U.S. for the fourth quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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