Giving your teenager a credit card may seem like a scary proposition, but it could be the safest way to teach them about credit. Credit expert John Ulzheimer says it's just like teaching your teenager how to operate a car, but in a controlled environment. “Nobody would just let a teen hop in a car and drive,” says Ulzheimer, who formerly worked with Equifax and FICO. “And nobody should just let their kid get a card on their own someday without some teaching by the parents.”
Trilogy Financial has added Ginger Silverman, founder and president of Aha! Unlimited Consulting and vice president of marketing, brands and campaigns at Behr Paint, to its board of directors. Silverman has also led communications initiatives for companies including Prudential, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Homebase and Lindora Medical Weight Control. “Ginger’s leadership, communications excellence and commitment to innovation aligns seamlessly with Trilogy’s core values,” said Jeff Motske, president and CEO of Trilogy Financial.
...I’ve sat in those rooms, and you have too. You know the ones, where some war-weary veteran of the good old days of financial services talks about how they used to walk uphill both ways in a blizzard to every client meeting.
How the account application was as small as a postcard. How they didn’t even have calculators and surmised rates of return on the back of a napkin.
We are all told that a return to such days would be a good thing for clients and advisors alike and that all of this technology “stuff” is simply ruining a business that at its core is about helping people save for their future, not do calculus.
But those are not the only rooms.
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