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5 Tips to Prepare Your Small Business for Tax Season
Even if you're staying on track with your New Year's resolutions, every small-business owner has to prepare for tax season. The major deadline may be a month...
Employee Profile: Linda Levens
You can find Linda Levens working as a teller in Minnesota Lakes Bank’s Mound location. She enjoys helping customers with their banking, taking care of their...
7 Banking Tips for Young Millennials
Once you start receiving your first paychecks after graduation, knowing how to spend or save your money wisely can be tough. While you may be able to do your...
7 Money-Saving Tips for Teens
Most teenagers probably won't leap at the prospect of learning about personal finance on their own. That's why it's important to take the time to teach them...
6 Ways to Save More Money in the New Year
Even if saving has never been your thing and money is tight, the coming of a new year is an opportunity to change old financial habits. Here are some ways to...
2017 Economic Outlook for MNLB Hometowns: “Stable and Growing”
Most observers believe that 2016 was a good year economically for the Minnesota Lakes Bank home communities of Delano, Mound and Buffalo, and the bank’s...
Best Ways to Start Saving for the Holidays
“Christmas in July” is the name of a movie in which a man called Jimmy is tricked into believing he's won $25,000 in a national radio contest. (It's from...
EMV cards help protect against ATM fraud & physical attacks
In the first six months of 2016, police in Europe cataloged 492 explosive attacks on ATMs (automatic teller machines), up from 273 attacks for the same period...
Best Ways to Save at Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time to gather with loved ones for a satisfying meal and kick off the holiday season. If you pay current prices for your menu items, though,...
Safe Walking, Bicycling and Driving Needed as Schools Start New Year
ST. PAUL, Minn. - There is an increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic around schools starting this week as students across the state head back to school....
POS Malware Attacks Continue to Plague Businesses Large and Small
Eddie Bauer, an outdoor apparel retailer based in Bellevue, Washington, has warned customers that point-of-sale malware infected its retail store systems for...
Cyber Attacks Persistent, More Sophisticated
For anyone concerned with maintaining information technology network security, a recent report from Verizon on data breaches is not good news. In a story...