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      1. Check Fraud is Up: 4 Steps to Protect Yourself
        Check fraud is on the rise. Learn four things you can do to protect yourself. While you may need to occasionally write a check, it’s important to understand the risks – and how to protect yourself. When you have the option between paying by check, credit card, debit card, or an ACH transfer, realize that checks are by
      2. Financial Health Checklist for Small Business Owners
        At this point, many people are downright consumed with holiday shopping. And if you have a giant list of gifts to tackle, you may be resigning yourself to closing out the season with a pile of credit card debt.
      3. Five Ways Small Business Owners Plan Intelligently For Retirement
        Preparing financially for retirement can be complicated for anyone, but for small business owners the process often poses even more challenges. Teachers, police officers, firefighters and other government employees generally receive a pension. The corporate world can offer benefit plans or matching contributions. But e
      4. Midsize enterprises: Strengthen security for today's threat landscape
        Editor's note: The following is a guest article from Paul Furtado, vice president analyst at Gartner.  Midsize enterprise (MSE) IT leaders are
      5. Five Ways To Mitigate Risk For Your Business
        Threats to your stability and bottom line are an unfortunate reality of business. As a small business owner, your goal is to mitigate that risk as
      6. 5 Ways to Squeeze Every Penny Out of Your 401(k)
        Used well throughout your career, your 401(k) plan can help you reach millionaire status by the time you retire. If you really put your mind to it and effort behind it, you might even be able to blow past that level. The thing is, though, that while the basic concept behind the 401(k) is simple, getting the absolute mo
      7. Cybersecurity Action Plan: 7 Tips for Small Business CFOs
        A data security breach is one of the CFO’s biggest nightmares. The bad actors are getting creative at their trade, causing our nightmares to become
      8. 3 ways to bolster supply chain cybersecurity as attacks accelerate
        A procurement manager at a mid-size company receives a text message from the CEO saying that their warehouse vendor is offering a 30% discount if they
      9. Cybercrimes can cost companies money, customers, and employees. Here's what types of cybersecurity protocols every business needs to keep their data and information safe.
        Summary List Placement More people are working remotely these days, as businesses strive to keep their employees safe and help stop the spread of COVID-19. But with so many employees working outside the office, organizations may be opening the door to a different kind of threat: a cyberattack. The FBI's Internet Crime
      10. Entrepreneurs Share 7 Smart Reasons They Use Business Credit Cards
        A business credit card can be much more than a convenient way to pay for purchases. These cards can also provide lucrative rewards, superior fraud protection, and smooth out cash flow. According to the Federal Reserve’s 2019 Small Business Credit Survey, 52% of firms with 1 to 499 employees use credit cards on a regula