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How To Teach Your Employees Cybersecurity Best Practices

10/06/2023

How To Teach Your Employees Cybersecurity Best Practices

Businesses must rely on technology to stay competitive and efficient. Unfortunately, that also makes you a target for digital fraud and cybersecurity breaches. It may be the biggest companies that make the news for data breaches, but small businesses are also targeted by scammers. However, small businesses don’t have the same resources as larger companies … Continued

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How to Create a Long-Term Savings Plan

10/06/2023

How to Create a Long-Term Savings Plan

In an ever-changing financial environment, having a well-structured long-term savings plan is essential for achieving significant financial goals. Whether you’re aiming to buy a house, add a vehicle to the garage, save for education, build retirement savings, enjoy a well-deserved vacation, or pursue other important goals, a long-term savings plan acts as a clear path … Continued

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Important Announcement for Our Customers

07/25/2023

Important Announcement for Our Customers

To Our Valued American National Customers, American National Bank and Trust Company and Atlantic Union Bank are two of the best banks based in Virginia, with a combined history of over 225 years of serving our customers and communities. Today we announced our agreement to come together as one. Why? Because when it comes to serving … Continued

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Five Reasons to Review your Estate Plan

06/15/2023

Five Reasons to Review your Estate Plan

Your estate plan is a vital tool that ensures your wishes are honored and your loved ones are taken care of when you’re no longer able to do so. It’s generally advisable to review it every three to five years. However, life is full of changes and unexpected events. Changes in relationships, financial circumstances as … Continued

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How Ransomware Can Affect Your Small Business

06/08/2023

How Ransomware Can Affect Your Small Business

As a small, community-oriented business, fraud prevention and cybersecurity may not be at the forefront of your daily concerns. Unfortunately, this line of thinking may have made smaller companies increasingly susceptible to cybercrime. In fact, small businesses are now at the receiving end of 82% of ransomware attacks. In this post, we’ll offer a basic … Continued

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What is Compounding Interest?

05/18/2023

What is Compounding Interest?

Compound interest is one of those things that can either work in your favor (as with saving and investing) or hurt you (as with credit card debt and student loans). In this article, we’ll explain what compound interest is and how you can take advantage of it to grow your savings.   What is compound … Continued

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