Banking & Finance

Fighting fraud must be priority for small business

Remaining vigilant is important to protect against attacks, attempts
Jesse Von Feldt
Small business owners have a lot on their plate, but fighting fraud should be a priority. Fraudsters often pretend to be someone you can trust and create a sense of urgency to act quickly. For example, a fraudster could compromise a business email and
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CredHub plans expansion, hires new revenue officer

Startup reports both on-time, late rental payments to bureaus
Erica Bullock
CredHub, a Spokane-based credit reporting startup, has hired a new executive, Michelle Flandreau, as chief revenue officer and is preparing to expand its operations and customer base in three western states this year, says Flandreau.
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Credit union CEOs lead during era of growth

Once-small financial organizations emerge as business community leaders in the INW
Karina Elias
Leaders of Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union and Liberty Lake-based STCU are helping grow and shape the influence of their respective financial institutions in the Inland Northwest. Ezra Eckhardt, president and CEO of STCU, says that while the
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Inland Northwest bankruptcy filings trend downward—for now

Lawyers here expect filings to rise after end of pandemic-era consumer protections
Virginia Thomas
Bankruptcy filings in 2022 continued the downward trend of the past several years in Eastern Washington, but bankruptcy attorneys here say filings are likely to climb this year. In 2022, 436 bankruptcy cases were filed in Spokane County, according to d
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Post merger, AgWest Farm Credit embraces change

Cooperative on mission to improve customers'efficiency, sustainability
Karina Elias
AgWest Farm Credit, the newly formed agricultural lending association, will focus its resources to enhancing its agricultural customer-owners' access to technology, which will enable them to modernize their growing methods and deliver efficient and
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Northwest Farm Credit, California co-op complete merger

AgWest to be based here, serve seven-state region
Karina Elias
Spokane-based Northwest Farm Credit Services and Rocklin, California-based Farm Credit West have completed their mergers and created a new financial cooperative association, AgWest Farm Credit. The merger, finalized Jan. 1, completes a year-long
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