Running a successful business requires a great deal of work. It’s not enough just to do the work, you have to consider various other aspects, from advertising to develop a strong customer base to make sure that your business is properly protected from any potential legal recourse. It doesn’t just benefit your business overall to...
How to Protect Your Online Bank Account from Cyberthieves
Cyberthieves using an email virus have been raiding British bank accounts, so far stealing 20 million pounds, equivalent to about $31 million, the National Crime Agency disclosed. The virus, known as Dridex, Cridex, or Bugat, invades users’ computers by appearing as a document attached to legitimate-looking emails. If users open the document, the virus installs...
US Fed Rate – A Persisting Dilemma
Financial pundits have been forecasting the US Fed rate hike for quite some time now. However, many internal and external factors have resisted the Federal Reserve from hiking it from the persisting 0.250 percent. Though the market expected the fed rate to increase in September 2015, it didn’t because the central bank was worried about...
Don’t Fall Victim: Understanding & Avoiding Phishing Scams
Of course, you want a million dollars or a job where you can work from home and make $10,000 per week. It is human nature to hope for that big windfall in the form of a gregarious African king or long lost dead, but rich, relative. This is the fundamental premise of the email phishing...
Online Credit Card Processing FAQ
What takes place during an ordinary Internet credit card transaction? Here is the common credit card processing FAQ: Internet credit card transactions will always take place in two major phases, a charge and a settlement. First Phase In the first phase, the charge is always made and money set for the transaction is usually set...
Why Your Business Needs an EMV Card Reader Now
As retailers get ready for the 2015 holiday shopping season, six out of 10 Americans aren’t ready for the EMV liability shift set to go into effect on October 1, an ACI Worldwide survey reports. Two-thirds don’t know the United States is switching over to EMV chip-enabled smart payment cards, and nearly three in five consumers...
Keeping Your Budget is Easy if You Change Your Life Instead
If you have a budget that just won’t work, something’s got to give. Many people change the budget in this situation. But I’m going to suggest the novel idea that instead of reworking the budget, you rework your life instead. This will be harder for some readers than others, as professional and family connections make...
The Cost of a New Addition to the Family
Most people growing up dream of meeting their one true love, marrying, starting a family, and living happily ever after. For some, it happens and in later life, they can sit back and think about the wonderful life they have had together. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Well, it is important from the outset to stress...
How to Reduce Your Insurance on Your Van
As your insurance is likely to be one of the biggest expenses incurred when you own a van? it makes sense to try and cut the cost down however you can. This is particularly important when it is used in conjunction with your business as the costs can easily mount and eat into your profits....
Pay for Your Education with Installment Loans
Parents want to do all they can to give their children an education and a chance to make something of their own future. However, education is incredibly expensive and many young people have to miss out because they cannot get a scholarship and their parents simply cannot afford to support them. It is no surprise,...
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