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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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting
Four Tips to Increase Your Credit Score
A FICO (Fair Isaac Corp.) credit score is a three-digit number that represents the likelihood of a consumer’s ability to repay a loan.
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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting
Three Ways to Get A Return on Your Tax Return
If Uncle Sam gives you money back at tax time this year, it can feel like an unexpected bonus. Do you consider it “free money” and spend it on something fun and frivolous?
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Prioritizing your Referral Partners
How do you decide which referral partners deserve your time? Should you spend lots of effort putting together an email for past customers?
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Personal – Saving, Planning & Budgeting
Looking at tax efficiency in your investment portfolio
Ask most investors, and they will agree that minimizing taxes is an incredibly important part of investing to achieve long term goals.
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Understanding Mortgage Lingo
Learn common mortgage terms and phrases to better educate clients, reduce confusion, and guide them confidently through the loan process.
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Business - Security Center
Fraud Prevention Resources for Businesses
These are additional resources to learn more about information security and fraud prevention.
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Personal - Security Center
Avoiding Social Engineering Attacks
In a social engineering attack, an attacker uses human interaction to manipulate a person into providing them information. People have a natural tendency to trust. Social engineering attacks attempt to exploit this tendency in order to steal your information.
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Personal - Security Center
Online Banking Security Tips
Configure your device to require a passcode to gain access if this feature is supported in your device.
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Top 5 Fall Home Improvement Projects
It’s the time of year for pumpkin-flavored drinks, football season, and those projects that get your house looking great and ready for winter. Whether you tackle these yourself or hire someone to help, they’ll save you money and could possibly add equity. Get started today!
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