Archive - July 2017
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The DO’s and DON’TS of Using Credit Cards
July 26, 2017
Categories: Budgeting, Personal Finance
Using a credit card is a great stepping stone to help boost your personal credit history. By proactively managing your ongoing finances, you can showcase to potential lenders that you know how to fulfill your repayment promises. What many people don’t know is that simply having a credit card does not automatically indicate an increase in your credit score. To help you succeed with your credit, Bank of Louisiana has put together our most commonly asked do’s and don’ts to using
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Money Advice from the Movies
July 19, 2017
Categories: Budgeting, Business Banking, Community Banking, Personal Finance, Retirement, Savings
Occasionally, even the best movies hold fantastic financial advice. We love these classic films and their timeless tales. At Bank of Louisiana we’re excited to share their hidden financial advice, and help you make the most of your money-management, (while cluing you into some great movies to watch along the way!) “You… you said… what’d you say a minute ago? They had to wait to save their money before they even ought to think of a decent home? Wait? Wait
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Cybersecurity; The Effect of Human Error
July 12, 2017
Categories: Cyber Security, Security
One of the most dangerous presumptions you can make about cyber-attacks is that it could never happen to you. While we all hope it will never happen to us, the truth is that it could. To help prevent incidences such as these, we can take a glance at some recent large scale attacks and understand several lessons from what went wrong. One of the largest publicized attacks occurred in 2013 when Target’s point of sale system was breached. Unfortunately, Target later learned that the
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