Financial Articles

Financial Spring Cleaning Tips

April 3, 2024

Spring is the season for cleaning, sorting and tidying up around the house. But having a truly clean house means going beyond the surface clutter. It means closing out the unfinished paperwork, crossing items off the to-do list, making the hard decisions and setting priorities. Not surprisingly, many of those tasks involve personal finance. Here are six tips as a starting point for helping organize your finances.

Renovating Your Home to Provide Care for an Aging Parent

March 2, 2021

For many adults sandwiched between caring for an aging parent and maybe still raising their own family, renovating their home to include a parent apartment may be the key. If this describes you, consider renovating your home to provide care for an aging parent.

6 Cost-Friendly Ideas to Spruce Up Your Home

March 2, 2021

Little things can mean a lot, especially when it comes to making your home more attractive to potential buyers (or the people you live with!). The following projects can help freshen up your home's look, and chances are good you won't need a professional design team to complete them.

7 Money-Saving Hacks That Don't Include Skipping Coffee!

June 30, 2020

You've probably seen a lot of advice that focuses on making small changes to improve your finances, like saving loose change and ditching your daily caffeinated beverage. Instead, settle down with your morning brew, and learn about alternative ways you can make a big impact on your finances.

Ways to Have a Staycation at Home

May 29, 2020

Are your most recent travel destinations Las Kitchen, St. Sofa and El Porch? With social distancing, school closures, changes in work arrangements, travel restrictions and stay-at-home guidelines keeping us home more, you may feel like you need a getaway more than ever. Even if you can't travel far from home right now, a little creativity can go a long way toward boosting your spirits. The following staycation ideas can help.

How to File a Car Insurance Claim

April 17, 2020

We buy an insurance policy with the hopes that we’ll never need to use it – but if you do need to file a claim, using the following tips can help make the process go more smoothly.

Advantages of Community Banks

February 13, 2019

Most people in America bank at one of the big banks. Whether it's because of access needed everywhere, or mergers when they were at a smaller bank, or it's where they opened their first account and never changed, the reasons don't matter, it's a fact.

The Importance of Saving

February 12, 2019

No matter how young or old you are, it is not too late to start saving. This could be something as simple as setting aside spare change in a coffee can to something as elaborate as setting up a 401(k). No matter what type of strategy you decide to take, the idea is to start simple and work your way up.