Resource Articles

Our Resource Center provides education on personal and business financial topics, information on online security and fraud prevention, and articles from leaders at Sunflower Bank.

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Business - Small Business Ownership

Products and Services: Make Sure the Price is Right

Pricing products and services competitively may prove one of the biggest career challenges an entrepreneur will face.
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Business - Commercial Real Estate Industry

Hot Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Forecasters predict continued improvement in the commercial real estate market because of multiple developing trends across the market. The current macroeconomic environment is continuing its path to improvement as well.
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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting

The Need for Financial Literacy

Managing money is a life skill that needs to be taught to children early in life at home, and continued in school so that young people can accomplish their financial goals.
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Personal - Security Center

Security for Mobile and Other Handheld Devices

As more and more handheld devices with Wi-Fi abilities hit the market, the more at risk you are for being hacked. Considering what personal information your put on and store on these devices is crucial for your safety.
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Business - Medical and Dental Industry

How Are Dental Patients Assigned to a Practitioner?

For dental offices with multiple practitioners, procedures should be established for assigning new patients and caring for current patients when their primary practitioner is unavailable.
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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting

Saving Without Refinancing

Instead of refinancing, consider applying an extra payment to the principal each year. You could save thousands in interest and shorten the term of your loan.
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Business - Security Center

Protect Your Business' Mail

Your business mail contains information that, if stolen, could adversely affect your company or your customers. There are a wide range of proactive steps your business can take to lower the risk of that happening to you.
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Business - Commercial Construction Industry

Have You Noticed Me Lately?

By not documenting conflicts or changes in a timely and complete manner, contractors inadvertently shift more responsibility onto their own shoulders and can lose the right to collect. Providing proper notice starts at the beginning of every project. Meet with your customer to discuss the contract terms and what it requires. Review and agree on the project notice and documentation required for every conflict or change. And then be ready to follow the contract.
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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting

The Costly Consequences of Trying to Out Guess the Market

Trying to time the market to either buy or sell won’t get you anywhere. The costs are almost always greater than the potential benefit.
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