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A printed order for payment of a specified sum, issued by a bank or post office.

Advantages:

Always Valid- They never expire

Cashable in 29 countries

May be replaceable if damaged, lost, or stolen. You just need to hold on to your purchase receipt.

The money order is purchased with cash, this maintains confidentiality of your account and guarantees payment to the payee.

A legal form of alternative payment, this provides you with a safe method of paying for goods or services where a personal check is not acceptable.

Money orders may be purchased up to a maximum, designated amount.

You can access as much as necessary in your checking account at your financial institution, or you can use cash to pay for them.

Disadvantages:

There are fees for each money order purchased. Fees are nominal and will usually be attached directly to the transaction.

It is not cheap to use.

It is much less safe to use. You cannot change your mind once you use a money order, it is cash.

You cannot access your checks and your checking account 24/7.

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CASH

Advantages:

- Setting limits

- Discounts

- We can save the change

- Always accepted

- Less temptation

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A written order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account

Advantages:

-It is safer to mail checks opposed to cash.

-Easier to keep track of your money when using checks.

-Checks are easier to carry rather than loads and loads of cash.

Disadvantages:

-Checks cost extra money.

-Some places don't accept checks.

-Takes time to write out.

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money in the physical form of currency

Advantages:

most liquid (simplist form of payment)

no additional fees

light

fast

always accepted anywhere

Disadvantages:

easily stolen

not good for expensive products

easily lost

counterfeit

cannot spend more than you have

no ownership

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A check is a written order to a financial institution that orders a payment of money from a bank account.

ADVANTAGES:

-don't have to carry around cash

-your cash is not robbed

-makes you look smarter

-easier to prove payment

DISADVANTAGES:

-you have to fill out a check instead of handing over cash. this takes time

-have to deal with the bank

-perhaps easier to make a mistake

-may not be accepted

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A Debit Card is a card that is used to deduct the purchase amount directly from your checking account instead of drawing in a line of credit.

Pro - You can only spend the money you have in your account

- Its more convenient to carry a debit card instead of cash, and saves time during transactions

- You can get cash back when using a debit card

- You have PIN number protection

- You have to make less trips to the ATM, which means less ATM fees

- You'll save on interest charges since you're not borrowing any money

Con - You could be fined by your bank if you overdraw your account

-You can't improve your credit score when using a debit card

- People can make counterfeit debit cards fairly easily

- You might have to keep record of transactions with a debit card so you know your balance

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Definition: a card issued by a financial company for the purchase of goods or services on credit

Advantages:
-make it easier to buy things
-make it easy to keep records of what you buy
-offer protection if something you bought is lost, stolen, or damaged
-offer additional benefits like discounts and bonuses

Disadvantages:
-can have high interest rates and increase your debt
-can hurt your credit bureau report
-can be easily overused
-can be stolen
-fees can often outweigh the benefits

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Credit Card

Credit Card: A card that allows a person to purchase items on credit, but without a company not valuable.

Advantages: Don't have to worry about bouncing checks, rewards, take up less space than cash, you can get cash back, harder to steal than cash, lots of options, if stolen then you can cancel the card and make it useless, customizable so you represent yourself.

Disadvantages: Late fees, can not be used as widely as debit cards, you can loose track of how much money you are spending, teaser rates, identity theft, spending more money than you have, after stolen easily used on the inter-webs, fraud, supports procratination, leads to irresponsibility

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A card issued by a bank, allowing the transfer of money to another bank account when making a purchase.

Advantages:

No debt

Don't have to carry cash

Don't have to make a trip to the bank or ATM to get money

If stolen, you can freeze or cancel the card/ account

Disadvantages:

You can't buy more than you have money for

Won't help to build your Credit Score

Lost easily

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Anthony, Scott, and Connor- Traveler's Check

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Anthony, Scott, and Connor- Traveler's Check

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A traveler's check is a preprinted, fixed amount check that is designed to allow the person signing it to make an unconditional payment to someone else as a result of having paid the issuer for that privilege.

Advantages-

can be replaced if lost or stolen

many businesses accepted them as currency

safest for travelling

Disadvantages-

not used very often

easy for criminals to commit fraud

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CASH

Disadvantages

-hoarding

-inflation

-growth in capitalism

-inequality of income

-easily taken