As distribution of COVID-19 vaccines ramped up throughout 2021, the piggybacking scams were right behind. After a number of coronavirus-related scams circulated throughout 2020, another round of vaccine-related scams surfaced in 2021—some of which are ongoing . Scammers are relentless, becoming more sophisticated, and have a singular goal to...
Not exactly a news flash, but online shopping has been displacing brick-and-mortar retailers for years. In 2018, an estimated 1.8 billion people made purchases on the internet to the tune of $2.8 trillion in e-retail sales . The latter figure is projected to swell to $4.8 trillion by 2021 as retailers continue to shift resources to e-commerce an...
As spring turns to summer, Oregon's natural beauty is in full view. Is it time to spruce up your home to match that splendor? Depending on the scope of the project, home improvements can be both time-consuming and costly. And many use their home’s equity to acquire the funds needed to complete the project. Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs),...
For many Americans, the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating. Millions have filed for and claimed unemployment benefits. (Consider: More than 70 million Americans filed unemployment insurance claims from March 2020 until the end of the year.) Countless others turned to a variety of short-term financial assistance...
BEND, Ore. (MyCentralOregon.com) — SELCO Community Credit Union will demolish a SW Century Drive building to make way for a new branch office designed around consumers’ modern banking habits.