It’s that wonderful time of year again, TAX TIME! Hopefully those of you who will be receiving a refund have a plan in mind for your money, if not, I recently heard some figures that will definitely make one stop and think. At last week’s bank meeting, one of our financial advisors told us about the ‘Rule [...]
If yourself or someone you know has opened a new checking account recently at a new bank they probably ran into a process called ChexSystems. ChexSystems is a service that became available to banks in 1971, letting financial institutions run reports on prospective customers to find out if they have had undesirable account history in [...]
I was going to write about how the dropping economy is not such a bad thing, then I found this article that sums it up better than I could. Check it out…
http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/generationdebt/66424
In one of the first blogs I wrote for this site I talked about simple ways to be more green. One way was collecting junk mail and taking it to recycle. This is much better than letting this unsolicited paper mail fill our landfills. On the Today Show this morning on NBC they featured a [...]
Say goodbye to teller lines, drive-thrus, and bankers behind desks. A slow growing trend on the east coast will tell you that kind of banking is out of touch with high tech consumers.
Ascend Federal Credit Union in Nashville, TN feels more like a GAP than a bank when you first walk in. A greeter [...]
A lot of people are worried about their required minimum distribution (RMD) taking them into another tax bracket, or pushing them to a point that they are going to have to itemize their taxes. Are you or someone you know in this situation: a parent or grandparent maybe? If you’re at least 70.5 years old, [...]
That’s right; I really did win the lottery. Well, at least that’s what an email told me. Even though I’ve never lived in, or visited England, somehow I won their lottery. I couldn’t believe my luck while reading this. It seemed so weird that I had won because just that week a customer came in [...]
Central National Bank is celebrating its 123rd birthday this month – yes, that’s correct: 123 YEARS. When this bank was founded, the car hadn’t even been invented yet! Times have certainly changed since 1884, but Central National Bank has stood the test of time as a strong, successful bank throughout its storied history.
The bank was [...]
There’s an interesting phenomenon going on in the NE region of Central National Bank. The bank is injecting itself into the local music scene. CNB has partnered with over 20 local artists to help spread the enjoyment of local music. You can find more details about how the program works at www.centralnational.com/musicforlife.
I’m fortunate enough to [...]
I am proud to present the first installment of Central National Bank’s recipe corner! Where we are proud to present our favorite recipes with all our blog fans and friends.
The debut recipe is one of my all time favorites Cookie Salad! It is always a hit and despite the name it is more of a [...]
