Amanda Webster

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3 Things You Need to Know About Business Funding in 2025

2 months ago | tbbwmag.com | David Phelps |Jo-Lynn Brown |Amanda Webster

3 Things You Need to Know About Business Funding in 2025As we head into 2025 with a clean slate and renewed optimism, it’s critical to ensure your business is running on all cylinders, and that means ensuring you have adequate funding in place. But at the same time, it’s also critical to understand the state of the economy and how to adapt your financial strategies to thrive in it.
You Don’t Need “the Next Big Thing” to Get Funding For Your Business

2 months ago | tbbwmag.com | Amanda Webster |Jo-Lynn Brown |David Phelps

Last night, while speaking about getting funding to a group of entrepreneurs at a mastermind event, a young guy came up to me and I could see that he was clearly bothered about something. He nervously waited around, fidgeting the entire time until eventually, everyone else had left. I knew there was, what he thought, an awkward question coming. Don’t worry—I’m not claiming to be psychic or anything. I’ve just seen this often enough to notice the pattern. It’s second nature at this point.
How to Protect Your Credit During the Holidays When ID Theft Is at Its Highest

Dec 10, 2024 | newsmax.com | Amanda Webster

While most Americans are arguing about when it’s appropriate to start putting up Christmas lights, criminals are already busy gearing up for the holiday season because that’s when they have the most opportunities to steal your identity. In 2023, U.S. holiday retail sales reached just over 950 billion dollars, with 8.8% of that coming from online sales. This is a prime source of the information that identity thrives need to run up debt under the names of unsuspecting consumers.
Chase Begins Prosecutions Over 'Banking Glitch'

Nov 19, 2024 | newsmax.com | Amanda Webster

Imagine waking up one day to find out that a “glitch” your friend reposted on TikTok could land you in serious legal trouble? That's exactly what happened to untold thousands of social media users who thought they found an easy way to get cash. As a millennial who has seen plenty of people blindly following incredibly stupid advice on social media, I wasn’t surprised to see financial influencers presenting bank fraud as a “glitch” to be capitalized on.
Presidential Election and Long-term Investing

Nov 7, 2024 | tbbwmag.com | Jo-Lynn Brown |Amanda Webster |J.C. Barrott

By Taylor K. Ranker II, CEO & Personal CFO, Questmont Virtual Family OfficeOne of the most harmful, yet pervasive, myths investors face is the belief that the outcome of the next presidential election is critically important to the stock market. Every presidential election leads many investors to make short-term decisions, based on the overwhelming political information flooding our daily lives.
Fifth Third Bank and CRF launch $7.85M Small Business Catalyst Fund

Nov 7, 2024 | tbbwmag.com | Jo-Lynn Brown |Amanda Webster |J.C. Barrott

Fifth Third Bank, in partnership with Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, has introduced the Small Business Catalyst Fund, a $7.85 million initiative designed to fund small businesses, across Fifth Third’s 11-state region. The fund will connect small business owners with capital options through Community Development Financial Institutions and includes grants, microloans and small business loans, ranging from $5,000 to $750,000.
U.S. Debt Hits Critical Point, Putting Our Entire Economy on the Brink of Disaster

Oct 28, 2024 | tbbwmag.com | David Phelps |Amanda Webster |J.C. Barrott |Jo-Lynn Brown

The U.S. national debt is rising by $1 trillion roughly every 100 days right now, which now stands at nearly $35.8 trillion as of 10/22/2024. To make matters worse, the Treasury has also drawn down its cash balance by $72 billion putting it over $275 billion in the red. The report spread like wildfire, especially throughout the financial and entrepreneurial communities.
With the Economy in Decline, Now Is the Time to Line Up Funding - Tampa Bay Business & Wealth

Oct 24, 2024 | tbbwmag.com | Amanda Webster |J.C. Barrott |Jo-Lynn Brown

Massive layoffs have been hitting the news at an increasing frequency, with Intel, CVS, Aetna, and John Deer being some of the most recognizable. At the same time, wages remain stagnant, inflation has made everything less affordable, and credit underwriting has become more stringent. This is the financial equivalent of “The Captain has turned on the fasten seat belts sign,” so buckle up, because it’s about to get bumpy.
FinTok: Is Financial Advice on Social Media the Future?

Oct 16, 2024 | newsmax.com | Amanda Webster

Financial literacy is something that a tremendous number of people simply do not understand, and a study by the Mises Institute puts into perspective exactly how severe the problem is, with just 57% of Americans who understand basic financial concepts. On one hand, I get it — most schools don’t teach financial literacy, so we have generations of people who grew up never learning anything about this foundational topic.
Common Financial Scams to Look Out for After Hurricane Helene

Oct 3, 2024 | newsmax.com | Amanda Webster

While millions of Americans throughout the southeast are busy dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Helene this week, most don’t realize that a different type of storm is heading directly for them and it could cause even more financial damage than the hurricane already has. The coming storm we all need to look out for is the flood of financial scams that typically swamp an area immediately following a natural disaster.