A rapid shift to digital banking, growing cybersecurity worries, escalating competition from online payment applications and securing talent are threatening banks and credit unions' profitability. Credit unions and banks have been driven to tech as their customers use their phones, laptop computers and other digital devices...
Most of us only deal with taxes during tax season and then we ignore them the rest of the year. However, one of the best ways to retain more of your wealth is to reduce the burden of taxation. An ongoing tax strategy can reduce your...
by Ben Lytle Reviewed by Chris Wendel With the rapid, unpredictable shifts we’ve experienced in the world over the past few years, it’s difficult to imagine someone making predictions on how the next 30 years will play out. Yet that is what entrepreneur, CEO, and healthcare expert...
Seven years ago, Nathan Cox found what he was looking for: his own machine shop. With minimal marketing, Cox Machine, LLC has grown into a go-to option for clients looking for high precision, one-off (or low quantity) production runs. Parts made by the company go...
Between record-low pandemic-era interest rates and a massive swell of buying activity in northern Michigan, mortgage loan originators had plenty to keep them occupied a year ago. [caption id="attachment_80443" align="alignleft" width="159"] Nagy[/caption] “If we were at a 10 a year ago (in terms of mortgage loan activity),...
$10.4 trillion. In the United States, that’s how much money is currently managed by financial advisors who are expected to retire within the next decade. That data comes from market research firm Cerulli Associates and wealth management firm Commonwealth Financial Network. The research, completed and published...
From hospital leaders to podiatrists to orthodontists, many professionals whose names have been synonymous with local healthcare for decades are about ready to hang up their white coats for good. At the same time, a burgeoning class of millennial healthcare professionals is beginning to take root...
January 31 marked three years since Alex Azar, then-secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), officially declared COVID-19 a nationwide Public Health Emergency (PHE). Thirty-six months and 12 renewals later, that federal PHE designation remains in place, though many healthcare experts...
Retirement planning options are becoming more flexible for individuals and employers alike, thanks to SECURE 2.0, which was signed into federal law at the end of last December. Part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, SECURE 2.0 is the sequel to the 2019 SECURE Act....
Though temperatures remain cool and the threat of snow lingers, summer is just around the proverbial corner – as is boating season. And even after two years of record-breaking sales, dealers remain relatively cautiously optimistic about what 2023 holds. “There was a spike in 2020, '21...
