Positive Pay is, quite frankly, one of the best ways to prevent check fraud scams on a business checking account. Basically, a business owner writes checks and if there are any discrepancies between the checks written and the checks clearing the account, the business owner has the option to either pay or return the items. No check will clear the account without going through this process and thus limits the possibility of check fraud scams.
Most business owners understand and appreciate the secu...
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On the first "Purple Friday" of the 2011 Football Season, we held a Ravens Trivia contest for 1st Mariner Bank employees. SEVEN lucky winners got to take home Purple Friday prizes to share with their families as they prepped to watch the Baltimore Ravens season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. What a game, right?!
Employees had to be numbers 5 (Joe Flacco), 7 (Billy Cundiff), 20 (Ed Reed), 52 (Ray Lewis), 55 (Terrell Suggs), 74 (Michael Oher), or 81 (Anquan Bol...
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Last month we asked you - our customers - to take part in a survey that was designed to gauge your opinions on how we can provide you with improved online services, support and products.
We received a TON of great feedback and are extremely pleased with the amount of participation that we received.
So we thought we'd go ahead and share some of the highlights with you. Rest assured that we will be using your feedback to guide us through the redesign of 1stMarinerBank.com....
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