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We were fortunate enough to connect with six financial experts who are big on helping people with their money. While they range in their professions — including certified financial planners, podcast hosts and authors — they all had to think about how to move forward after 2020. They offered their thoughts about people of color. Amanda Cruz-Lombrana writes for NerdWallet.
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We were fortunate enough to connect with six financial experts who are big on helping people with their money. While they range in their professions — including certified financial planners, podcast hosts and authors — they all had to think about how to move forward after 2020. They offered their thoughts about people of color. Amanda Cruz-Lombrana writes for NerdWallet.
In today’s competitive dental services industry, it’s harder than ever for an individual practice to stand out. When you add that reality to the fact that the average patient isn’t exactly thrilled to visit a dentist, it’s obvious that hitting on a winning dental practice marketing strategy is no easy feat. But there is a way to use your marketing efforts to great effect, growing your practice in the process.
The “Getting to Know” series is sponsored by Applied Innovation. Applied Innovation is helping to shape the future of accounts receivable management. Product development is driven by customer feedback, agency profitability and compliance and includes platforms addressing client portal access, document management, payment negotiation, Regulation E focused electronic payment authorizations and TCPA communication authorization platforms. … The post Getting to Know Amy Mertz Brown
The relationship between life insurance and the African American community is complex. Although Black Americans are more likely to own life insurance than whites, a recent study shows, their coverage is often far less. The sizable coverage gap between Black and white Americans has many causes, experts say, including the way life insurance was sold. Georgia Rose writes for NerdWallet.
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There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
The following is a guest post from Jacob Dayan, of Community Tax. Getting started with investing can be a fun and exhilarating way to make money—potentially a lot of money. However, for many young or beginner investors just getting started in the game, there are many pitfalls if they proceed without caution. Unfortunately, investing is glamorized in movies, TV shows, and popular culture.
CFPB PUTS OUT CALL SEEKING TO HIRE MORE ATTORNEYS If anyone needed further proof that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is planning on ramping up its enforcement activities, one need not look any further than the post the Acting Director Dave Uejio posted yesterday, making an open call for any attorneys who might be interested … The post Daily Digest – February 10.
TrueAccord Group has announced Courtney Graham, former Chief People Officer of Four Winds Interactive, as its new Chief People Officer. . “Our family of companies is growing rapidly, and we are thrilled to have Courtney on board as our first Chief People Officer. Courtney’s experience as a People leader within high-growth technology companies will be instrumental in helping TrueAccord scale while maintaining a strong people-first culture,” said Ohad Samet, CEO and co-founder of TrueAccord Group.
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InDebted, an Australian company that made a huge splash this week by announcing its entry into the United States accounts receivable management industry through a huge acquisition and hiring some very well-known names to help guide it, raised nearly $8 million to fund its expansion. About two-thirds of the investment came in the form of … The post InDebted Raises $8M in Capital to Fund Acquisition, U.S.
If you've been considering filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Tennessee, you've probably heard of the bankruptcy means test. The means test is a relatively lengthy form that is used to determine whether your disposable income is low enough to qualify you for Chapter 7 bankruptcy relief. Median income. The first step to passing the means test is to determine whether your average monthly income from all sources falls below the median income for Tennessee.
Just because you’ve already quit — or never started — a New Year’s resolution to save more money doesn’t mean it’s all over. You can make a comeback with a few key steps. Here are some typical ways people stray from savings goals, as well as simple fixes to get back on track. Glitch No. Ruth Sarreal writes for NerdWallet. Email: rsarreal@nerdwallet.com.
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The SBA, through the Office of Credit Risk Management (“OCRM”), monitors and oversees the activities of all its lenders and CDCs to ensure it is effectively following loan program requirements and protecting the integrity of the SBA program. In the event an SBA lender or CDC demonstrates an unacceptable risk profile, and an inability or unwillingness to proactively or timely resolve the issues which created an unacceptable risk profile, the SBA may take an enforcement action against that lender
Sydney, Australia – 8th February, 2021 – InDebted, the Sydney headquartered fintech that specializes in digital debt collection for unsecured consumer debt, today announced that it has acquired Delta Outsource Group Inc. (Delta) in the USA to launch its product and service into the American market, and hired three key executives to help globally scale … The post Debt Collection Fintech InDebted Completes Acquisition to Enter the U.S.
If your parents got injured and went to the hospital when they were young, and if they couldn’t afford the bills, they may have asked family members to loan them money. They may have gotten help from friends. They may have turned to a local church or some other organization. Today, though people still do the things noted above, they also use crowdfunding.
Walt Disney World reopened during the pandemic, but reservations are now mandatory. Similarly, thanks to a Nevada state law, dining at a restaurant in Las Vegas now requires reservations — no walk-ins are allowed. This is not just a phenomenon at places notorious for mobs of people. Even some of the most socially distant vacation. Sally French writes for NerdWallet.
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