by Nanette Duffey | Jun 18, 2024 | Financial Literacy, Fraud Protection, Insights, Technology
If you’re still issuing handwritten personal checks, you’ll want to be very aware of check fraud, which can happen at many points along the life of a paper check. Many presume check fraud begins when your check is lost in the mail. Your check fraud risk begins when...
by Nanette Duffey | Jan 19, 2022 | Fraud Protection, Insights, Technology
Most of us have tolerated annoying junk mail for far too long, so our coping strategies include ignoring it, tossing it into the trash, or sending it to the spam folder. It doesn’t have to be this way. There’s no better time to stop tolerating and ignoring these...
by Nanette Duffey | Jan 10, 2022 | Bill Paying + Banking, Insights
If 2021 seemed like a cascade of unnecessary paperwork, 2022 doesn’t have to be. You no longer have to wade through the unnecessary paper by implementing a few changes now. Record-keeping doesn’t have to be all about the paper trail. Let’s take a look at some things...
by Nanette Duffey | Jan 6, 2022 | Bill Paying + Banking, Credit Reports and Scores, Insights, Taxes
Welcome to 2022, a whole new year filled with new opportunities, new possibilities, and new ways to set yourself up for financial success. Now is the moment to let go of last year’s mistakes and wipe the scorecard clean. Don’t worry, you don’t have to sweep your...
by Nanette Duffey | Oct 19, 2021 | Identity Theft, Insights, Technology
Buckle up for a quick ride onto the mobile payment superhighway. At one time, making payments was confined to writing paper checks or credit card swipes. Like consumer space flight, a new reality is here with the introduction of numerous new payment formats, including...