What you need to open a new checking account
ATTENTION, NEW CUSTOMERS! Hello! Hopefully you found us by researching new checking accounts in the area. If you did, we’ve done the first part of our job well. But we need to keep the momentum going! We’d like to introduce… Read More
How to Build Credit
We get asked quite often about how to build or improve your credit. Credit is, after all, a tricky thing, especially if you’ve never had credit before. The word itself originates in the Latin creditum, which translates as “loan.” Credit… Read More
What’s the story with interest rates?
There’s always talk about if and when the Federal Reserve plans to raise interest rates. They increased rates for the first time in a decade in December 2015. This past June, the central bank again raised the benchmark rate for… Read More
Travel Safely and Smartly
With millions of Americans preparing to travel this Memorial Day weekend, we want to remind you to let us know if you’re leaving town! Bank fraud detection systems look for abnormal debit card activity. If your transaction history shows that… Read More
Fraud Prevention: Online Classifieds Buying and Selling Tips
Are you selling something on Craigslist or through another online classified advertisement website? If so, stay frosty. Craigslist offers a variety of excellent tips about how to avoid fraud when buying or selling through the site. Here’s a growing trend:… Read More