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Q&A: How to Protect Yourself from Online Scams
Elie Hawa thinks about phishing scams every day. As an Information Security Operations Engineer at First Midwest, his job is to keep the bank safe from cyber attacks and other online scams. Much of his work involves helping his colleagues avoid scams – any system is only as strong as its weakest link. We asked Elie how
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Stay Safe When Banking Online: Top 5 Cybersecurity
Stay Safe When Banking Online: Top 5 Cybersecurity Tips Online banking continues to grow in popularity, as more and more people take
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Why Evolving Your Business Right Now Is Critical
Humans don’t like change very much - this we know for sure. But in business, everything is constantly evolving because the industry is constantly evolving. Anyone who has wanted to cling to how things were will be in for a surprise this year, as COVID-19 entirely shifted the original paradigm. However, it’s also presen
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3 Tax Moves That Could Save You Money During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly done a number on the U. S. economy -- double-digit-percentage unemployment, damage to countless small businesses and the destruction of many of them, and a shaky stock market that plummeted more rapidly than ever in history just a few short months ago. Of course, that doesn't even be
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Five Simple Year-End Tax Tips to Set Up a Successful 2024
’Tis the season to make New Year’s tax resolutions, but as I have seen many times in my 25 years as a financial adviser, it’s those who plan ahead
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How Parents Can Help Their Kids Build Good Credit at Any Age
Parents have a profound influence on their children -- including what they learn or don't learn about finances.
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Lump Sum or Not: What’s the Best Way to Invest Your Year-End Bonus?
Many corporate executives recently received their 2020 performance bonus. Others, especially at many large companies, will get them over the coming weeks. While the downturn in last year’s economy may have cut into these annual awards for some, others will receive tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars. So, whe
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Selling a Business During the COVID-19 Pandemic: You Want to Sell, But Is It the Right Time?
There is a popular saying about best laid plans often going astray. Business owners are experiencing firsthand the derailing of plans in this unprecedented and unpredictable 2020. Those with plans to market their business for sale this year are left particularly in a lurch. At a time when many industries are struggling
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8 Ways to Get Ready for Small Business Saturday provide small business owners on how to get your business ready with marketing tips, pricing, tips, etc
Get Ready for Small Business Saturday. Small business owners get information on ways to market
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The Agile Workspace: The Undervalued Success Factor
TL;DR: Agile Workspace Means Choice Among a Diversity of Spaces If you want your organization to become agile, adding more whiteboards to the workspace will not suffice. You have to abandon the idea that the workspace is an assembly line for white-collar workers. You need to let go Taylorism. We are now in the age of t