Personal Insights

Creating a monthly budget podcast

Better Budgeting Series

In this podcast, Kariene Fortner, Financial Wellness Regional Manager for Regions Bank from Mobile, Ala., walks us through how to create a monthly budget in six easy steps.

Listen to the podcast at the link below to get insights on the following and more:

• Changing your mindset about budgeting
• Utilizing technology and tools to help budget
• Finding new and different ways to pinch pennies

Get the transcript.

Listen and subscribe on your favorite podcast player. Find the Regions Next Step Podcasts on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Audible, Google Play, Spotify and Stitcher.

This Next Step Podcast is part of our Better Budgeting series presented by Regions Next Step –advice, tools and resources to help you get closer to reaching your unique financial goals. Our featured Better Budgeting podcasts can help you set the ideal budget for your financial needs and keep your finances in order.

Find more helpful tips for creating budgets and reaching your financial goals:

• Building Toward Retirement 
• 10 Best Ways to Save Money
• Financial Calculators

About Kariene Fortner

Growing up as an Army brat gave Kariene Fortner a unique perspective. Born in Germany, she spent most of her childhood in Hawaii, and graduated from high school in California. Her time in sunny climes sparked her affinity for a tropical paradise, which is how she ended up accepting a job offer in the retail industry and moving to the Gulf Coast of Alabama. When she isn’t helping her clients find ways to make their dreams come true, you can find Kariene living her own dreams on the boat or at the beach with her husband and rescue dogs.

As Financial Wellness Regional Manager, Kariene is passionate about setting financial goals and creating financial plans. She wants others to realize their dreams and feel like they are working hard to achieve them. Kariene loves Regions Bank’s Next Step online resources because she understands that asking for financial advice can be intimidating. Coming from a military family, she understands that many people struggle with their finances, and knows that easy access to resources can help people achieve their financial goals, just like she has.