5 Tips to Stage Your Home for the Fall Season
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
by Mercer Savings Bank
If you’ve had your home on the market throughout the spring and summer seasons and it still hasn’t sold, you might be starting to sweat. The heat and pressure are on, and it’s probably hard to believe that fall is already here. Once the cold sets in, the number of buyers out there starts sinking like
- Published in First-Time Homebuyer, News & Events
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Keep Your Data to Yourself – Tips to Help Keep Your Information Safe
Monday, 15 September 2014
by Mercer Savings Bank
In just the first seven months of 2014, at least 11 million private records were put at risk in more than 300 separate data breaches, according to the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center. The most recent instances being: Home Depot, UPS, Goodwill, and McDonalds. Some instances of identity theft are unauthorized charges. Others are smaller
- Published in Identity Theft Alerts, News & Events
Living In a Data Breach World
Tuesday, 09 September 2014
by Mercer Savings Bank
Data breach woes aren’t just plaguing the United States. The world over, data breach incidents are happening at government, technology, education, healthcare, retail and financial service organizations. These are the industries in which the biggest and most breaches are occurring, according to KPMG’s Data Loss Barometer. Truth be told, data breaches happen at any type
- Published in Identity Theft Alerts, News & Events
5 Ways to Jumpstart Your Emergency Fund
Tuesday, 02 September 2014
by Mercer Savings Bank
At the heart of a strong financial plan is an emergency fund. First, it’s important to stay on track with your goals, whether they involve budgeting, debt-management, saving for retirement or college planning. So when unexpected situations arise, having an emergency fund (or lack thereof) can make or break your budget, the very mechanism that helps
- Published in Saving Tips