Veterans Day 2019
Today we honor those who have served and continue to serve our country. Words cannot begin to express our gratitude for the repeated sacrifices veterans have made on our behalf.
Welcome Bethany to the Team
Please join us in welcoming Bethany to our sales team!
Bethany joins us in her senior year in college as she works towards a degree in Communications. Bethany comes to us with many years of experience in managing communications, social media, print and digital media production, and web content.
The Continued Strength of Community Banks
One of the most recent developments to come out of the banking industry were the recent layoffs conducted by Wells Fargo, the fourth largest lender in the United States. Announced last month, Wells Fargo laid off more than 200 employees mostly focused within their agriculture loan divisions in states such as North and South Dakota. According to people with direct knowledge on the matter, Wells Fargo has cut the commercial loan division of their lending portfolio by 25%. This comes as a blow to the farmers in North and South Dakota who were relying on Wells Fargo to meet their lending needs.
The Importance of Financial Literacy in Schools
In late September Pennsylvania State House of Representatives passed new legislation that will allow public school students to apply personal finance credits towards high school graduation requirements. Daniel Laughlin, a state senator for Pennsylvania stated, “I believe high school courses in personal finance should be encouraged.”1 This new legislation will go into effect within the 2020 school year. Students that complete a personal finance course have the ability to use that as a credit for math, social studies, business education, or family and consumer science. Pennsylvania promoting personal finance within their schools is encouraging and hopefully other states will follow their lead.
Five Halloween Night Activities That Your Family Will Love
Halloween night doesn't have to be about just sitting on the front porch waiting to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters. We have rounded up a few ideas to jazz up your Halloween night and even get your friends and family involved too!
Great Plains National Bank Selects Teslar Software
Great Plains National Bank Selects Teslar Software to Enhance Commercial Lending
Bank chooses advanced platform to streamline processes, improve efficiencies
Wrapping Up National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) may be coming to an end, but we hope our continuous coverage has placed this very important topic at the top of your mind. Our goal this month was to provide tools, resources and information that can truly move the cybersecurity awareness needle.
Stay Safe On Social Media
We are nearing the end of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) and we wanted to save the best for last. Social media is something that most of us (in one way or another) use daily. In fact, at least 69% of U.S. adults use at least one social media site!1
Is Your Institution Cyber-Aware?
This month we have focused on numerous aspects of cybersecurity. Sometimes simply starting the conversation about cybersecurity is the first step in protecting your customers information from cyber criminals. Cybersecurity is becoming a huge factor for consumers when selecting an institution to partner with their business. It is also becoming an important step in the on-boarding process of a customer. However, there are steps that you can take to illustrate your cybersecurity protocols and make your customers feel at ease about doing business with you.
What is Stop. Think. Connect.™️?
We are 24 days into National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), and we are still going strong! If you have been following our NCSAM journey, you now know that we are passionate about this topic and want to encourage everyone to be safer and more secure online. That’s why, today, we will be summarizing how the STOP. THINK. CONNECT.TM campaign came to be and what purpose it serves.