The Extraco Banks Blog

Read our Extraco Week recap blog highlighting the festitivies we had across our branches to celebrate 118 years in business!

Extraco Mortgage wants to help our Veterans, Active Duty Military and Surviving Spouses get the mortgage loan they have earned. A VA loan is a mortgage loan that is guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. It is different from a Conventional loan and a FHA loan in several ways.

Finding and hiring awesome talent is difficult. Designing the processes, finding and interviewing candidates may take time and effort, but is sure to pay off in the long-term. These are they ways that Extraco Banks has mastered the hiring process.

Credit is the ultimate catch-22. To get credit, you must have a credit history. Young people wanting to establish themselves financially often find themselves in this conundrum. They've never had a credit card, haven't purchased their own vehicle and are not a home-owner. In other words, they're invisible to the credit bureaus.

As long as there are people making money, there will be others who will try to take it from them. While Skimming has been around for a while, the newest forms of theft are Bank Jugging and Card Cracking. You need to be aware of these new schemes so that they don’t happen to you.

Card Skimming is not new, but the technology that makes it possible is evolving. Would you be able to identify an ATM rigged with skimming devices? Let’s start with what is Card Skimming actually is

“Need cash quick with no strings attached? Have I got a deal for you?” Who couldn’t use some extra money, especially high school or college students that are just finding their way in the real world

October is National Women’s Small Business Month commemorating the signing of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988.

By: Sam Brown and Fiona Bond If you’re in the business world here in Waco, you’ve likely seen how many networking opportunities occur each month. It seems like there is an event every day! Whether you

Once you decide to buy something, you then must determine the form of payment you’ll use. Is cash easiest? Will you write a check? Or is your debit card the best way to go? Pros and cons exist for all methods of payment. Many of us decide quickly without thinking through potential fraud or payment protection.