Smart About Money: A visit from the Secret Service ...
Usually when people have a visit from the U.S. Secret Service, it’s not a positive thing. But when the Secret Service came to see us at…
Smart About Money: Chasing credit card rewards ... worth it?
As I recall, it was the late WBZ radio host Lovell Dyett who used to say, “Spend your time wisely. It’s the only money you’ve got.” I found…
Smart About Money: If you're not with a bank you like & trust, switch!
This is not just about Canton Co-operative Bank, though that is obviously the bank I know best. From my previous career as a bank examiner,…
Smart About Money: The negotiating question you should never answer?
A gentleman came into the Bank to get an objective opinion on a car loan he was considering. “The people at the dealership asked me what I…
Smart About Money: Be your own loan officer with a Home Equity Line
Have some people mis-used Home Equity Lines of Credit? Absolutely! In the mortgage meltdown of 2008, a lot of people used their equity to…
Smart About Money: Is someone you trust embezzling from you?
There are a couple of situations when a local business owner should absolutely take action to determine if someone is abusing your trust…
Smart About Money: Coaching Yourself To Financial Success
Will it ever be settled whether it was Patriots’ coach Bill Belichick who made Tom Brady great or the other way around? Who knows! Having…
Smart About Money: Canton man saves himself from scam
Bruce Murphy is the owner of Bruce’s Floor Cleaning Service here in Canton and I have his permission to share this story with you. One day…
Smart About Money: Get your finances in order with this January jump-start
Even people who are super-organized with their finances often don’t have things set up so that anyone could come in and carry on for them…
Smart About Money: "It's A Wonderful Life" ... but why exactly?
Community bankers often hear that their bank reminds customers of the Bailey Bros. Building & Loan from the classic 1946 movie, It’s A…
Smart About Money: Why Leave The Home You Love?
I recently met with a couple in their very early 70s who were starting to think about downsizing. Why? Basically, because they were under…
Smart About Money: Protecting yourself from a rogue bank
I never thought I’d find myself writing those words. But as more news comes out about what Wells Fargo was doing to its customers, that’s…