There's still time to reach your 2026 money goals

Oct 1, 2026 · 19 min

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0:00This message comes from Synchrony Bank, who can help you get your do-nothing savings off the couch and working hard.

0:06No more sleeping late and eating all the chips.

0:09Time to start earning your keep in a big way with their high-yield savings account that has a great rate, easy access to your funds, and no monthly fees or minimum balance requirements.

0:18Put your lazy savings to work.

0:20Go to synchrony.com slash NPR.

0:22Remember FDIC.

0:24I was thinking of the fourth quarter of the year, just sort of like fourth quarter of a company's business year or the fourth quarter of a football game.

0:33Or, you know, they have quarters, right?

0:35Football?

0:36Big quarters?

0:37Very good question.

0:38Yes, they do.

0:39Thank you for asking that.

0:41Hey, it's Marie El Segara.

0:42You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.

0:45And that was Jill Schlesinger.

0:46She's a CBS News business analyst, host of Jill on Money and the show Money Moves on YouTube.

0:53What I was trying to tell Jill is that I got the idea for this episode while thinking back about the days I reported on corporate finance.

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