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10/26/2025
Don’t Let Financial Ghouls Haunt Your Finances
This Halloween, the scariest costumes might not be at your door—they could be lurking in your inbox or financial accounts. Frightening fraudsters are always brewing up new tricks to scam access your personal information and finances. But, with a few smart moves, you can keep your finances fright-free!
Read More10/20/2025
Setting Up Card Controls for Your First Harvest Debit Card
Losing or misplacing a debit card can happen to anyone and may cause you to panic until you know the card has been locked. And, with a constant flow of new fraud tactics, we want to give our members the ability to catch or even stop fraud before it occurs on their First Harvest Mastercard® Debit Card.
Read More09/18/2025
Planning Your Future Home Purchase
Before you purchase a home, it's essential to understand how much debt you can take on and what upfront costs you'll face during the home-buying process. From the down payment to closing costs, having a clear picture of your financial situation can help you avoid unexpected expenses and ensure you're making a sound investment in your future.
Read More06/23/2025
Keeping Wedding Costs in Check
A wedding should be an exciting celebration for a new couple, not a source of financial stress and anxiety. But, with the average wedding costs totaling over $30,000 today, it can be an overwhelming task to keep things affordable. The exact cost of each wedding can vary significantly depending on your preferences, location, time of year, and more. Let’s explore some ways you can help stick to your wedding budget without cutting corners.
Read More06/06/2025
Funding Growth: The Basics of Expansion Financing
Are you a small business owner looking to build a new storefront, diversify product offerings, conquer a wider geographical market, hire more employees, or pursue some other major growth goal? Let’s look at how to assess your expansion financing needs, compare funding options, and prepare for success.
Read More05/16/2025
Effective Ways to Utilize Your HELOC
With a HELOC (Home Equity Line of Credit), you have the opportunity to unlock your home’s potential. You also have the flexibility to use your funds to tackle life’s many expenses, including student loans, an upcoming family vacation, or even consolidating your high-interest debts. With the ability to pay-as-you-go, you can use as much or as little of your available balance as needed to achieve your dreams.
Read More05/01/2025
How to Protect Yourself from Financial Scams
Financial scams come in many forms and often start with a call, text, or email pretending to be your financial institution. Criminals abuse the trust consumers have in their financial institutions in order to scam individuals out of their money, as well as their personal information which can be used to steal your identity.
Read More04/10/2025
The ABCs of Financial Literacy
Financial literacy is not an overnight achievement. Instead, it is a life-long learning process that comes with financial experiences and ongoing education. To help you get started or refresh your knowledge, we’ve complied an A-to-Z guide with some of the most common terms you’ll need to know as you navigate your journey to financial independence.
Read More09/09/2024
Choosing the Right Checking Account for Your Financial Needs
With a wide variety of checking accounts available to consumers, it can be overwhelming to choose a solution that fulfills your banking needs and helps you achieve your financial goals. Discover more in this blog post.
Read More05/09/2024
6 Steps You Can Take to Start Improving Your Credit Score
Improving your credit score offers opportunities for lower interest rates on loans and helps you become an easier applicant to approve for a loan or line of credit. Though it may take a few months to see a major improvement in your credit score, here are six steps you can take today that will set you on the path to better credit as well as establish positive financial habits.
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