FinTech, or Financial Technology, refers to the innovative use of technology to streamline financial activities including lending, investing, making payments, and more, and it has revolutionized the way our society interacts with money. Even if you don’t care for all the fancy smart phone apps,…
With six weeks to go until the first day of summer, there’s still time to complete your spring cleaning projects. A typical list of spring cleaning projects likely includes de-cluttering your living spaces and swapping your winter clothes for a summer variety. But when is…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released their annual summary of consumer complaints and consumer protection statistics for 2016. For the first time in the 20 years that the FTC has been keeping records, imposter scams surpassed identity theft among reported consumer complaints. When you…
A recent article on WalletHub.com featured a list of “2017’s Best Places to Get Married” which highlighted cities with the lowest and highest wedding costs, most and fewest wedding chapels, event planners, bridal shops and more. To supplement the research findings, the article also included…
We have frequent discussions with Clients asking whether they should rent or buy – they may be asking for themselves, for their aging parents or for their children or grandchildren. As with almost every strategic planning opportunity we discuss with Clients, there are many factors…