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Welcome to the Peoples Bank Financial Wellness Center

Here you can learn about managing money and building a financial future for you, your family and even your business.;
  • Personal
  • Fraud & Security
Simple Tips to Prevent Check Fraud
While checks offer convenience, they also pose risks, especially when it comes to fraud. Safeguard your hard-earned money with these simple tips.
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  • Fraud & Security
Protecting Yourself from SMiShing and Vishing
They're not typos. Identity theft techniques now include the use of text (SMS) messages and voice mail. Threats from these new approaches are called “Smishing” for SMS fraud attempts and “Vishing” for voice mail fraud attempts.
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  • Fraud & Security
Online Dating Scams
Dating scams start with fake profiles on dating apps or social media. Scammers strike up a relationship with their targets and work to build trust. Sometime later, they make up a story and ask for money.
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  • Personal
  • Fraud & Security
11 must have digital citizenship skills
Know how to be responsible online: browsing, cyberbullying, privacy, copyrights, research, and more.
Live smart in the online world
  • Fraud & Security
Scams Targeting Seniors
Seniors are aggressively targeted by scammers. Learn the red flags to watch out for and common scams that could be attempted on you or someone you love.
Help elders stay safe
  • Personal
  • Fraud & Security
How to Safely Use Mobile Payment Apps and Services
Online payment systems like Zelle, Venmo and CashApp let you quickly and easily send money. Learn how to use these apps safely.
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  • Fraud & Security
What is multi-factor authentication?
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could protect your password with another password? Multi-factor authentication gives you this power.
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  • Fraud & Security
3 Simple Steps to a GREAT Password
A password is GREAT if it’s both easy to remember and hard to crack. We have tips on ways to create passwords that are both.
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  • Fraud & Security
Cyber Safety at Home
Help make your home a safe digital haven by protecting networks, devices and online lives with these tips.
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  • Fraud & Security
Cybersecurity for Families
As technology continues to evolve, the tools and toys available to your children increase in number and capabilities. Here are tips on how to protect kids and home networks.
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  • Fraud & Security
Scams and Your Small Business
If you own a small business or are part of a non-profit organization, you spend a lot of time and effort making sure the organization works well. But when scammers go after your organization, it can hurt your reputation and your bottom line. Learn the signs of scams that target businesses.
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  • Fraud & Security
Don't be a money mule
A money mule is a person who transfers illegally obtained money between different payment accounts—often in different countries—on behalf of others.
Learn the signs
  • Fraud & Security
How to Avoid Peer-to-Peer (P2P) App Scams
How safe are peer-to-peer (P2P) payment applications and how can you avoid being scammed? We explain the ins and outs here.
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  • Business
  • Fraud & Security
10 Ways Small Businesses Can Fight Fraud
Fraud incidents tend to disproportionately affect small businesses since the relative size of a financial loss makes up a much bigger chunk of revenue compared with larger organizations. Learn how to fight back.
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  • Fraud & Security
Can You Spot a Phishing Scam?
Every day, thousands of people fall victim to fraudulent emails, texts and calls from scammers pretending to be their bank. It’s time to put scammers in their place.
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  • Business
  • Fraud & Security
Protect Your Business IT Assets
This article addresses two problem areas that are of particular concern to business owners and operators: old computers and software updates.
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  • Fraud & Security
Is your internet browser up to date?
Internet browser updates are often made to fix security issues and running an older version may invite hackers into your system.
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