Imagine building a house without blueprints or having any construction experience. The outcome is going to be unfortunate, if not downright dangerous. The same is true about financial planning. Unless we don't care what happens, we all ought to have a

A group of investors has pooled their resources to help launch regional startups through Kick-Start IV, the fourth such angel investment fund composed of Spokane investors.

A lack of preparedness early in life is placing women - particularly married women - at a higher risk of falling short in retirement, says a new study by the Boston College Center for Retirement Research.

The new federal SECURE Act makes it harder to sock away generational wealth on a tax-deferred basis, which creates the need to plan more carefully when giving or receiving an inheritance.

In an increasingly digital world, financial institutions continue to seek new technology that could help them to offer services and communicate with members. For Spokane-based Global Credit Union, that means making sure members can receive information

The number of bankruptcy filings in Eastern Washington decreased for the ninth straight year in 2019, U.S. Bankruptcy Court figures show. At the same time, however, Northern Idaho saw a slight uptick in filings for the second year in a row.

Financial experts here say that growth began to flatten in 2019, and they expect further slowing -- though not necessarily a recession -- in 2020. Tim Vorpahl, president and founder of Spokane-based Vorpahl Wing Securities Inc., says 2019 was a