Business Info

Websites

: Identity Theft: Deter, Detect, and Defend
The FTC identity theft business site is dedicated to helping your business or organization fight back against identity theft. Here you will find a wide range of educational materials and practical tools to help you educate your employees, constituents and/or members about identity theft and data security.

Visit the business section of the FTC's Identity Theft website
: ftc.gov for Business
The FTC offers resources to help businesses understand and comply with consumer protection laws. Visit the website to learn more about specific topics, such as: advertising, credit, health, franchises, telemarketing, preventing fraud, and more.

Browse all Business information from the FTC
: Information Security for Business
Safeguarding sensitive data in your files and on your computers is good business. Use this website to learn more about creating and implementing a plan for protecting personal information.

Visit the FTC's microsite on Information Security for Businesses

Video

: Protecting Personal Information: A Tutorial for Business
Businesses collect personal information from customers, employees, contractors, and others, and they are responsible for protecting this information. This FTC tutorial offers practical steps you can take to protect personal information.

Watch the tutorial from the FTC

PDF's

: How to Plan and Host Protect Your Identity Days
With this guide, planning and hosting a Protect Your Identity Day can be easy and effective. You can find simple, step-by-step instructions, along with sample agendas, ideas for promotion, and other valuable tools. Help protect your customers and your community by hosting an event.

View the toolkit from the FTC

Online Articles & Tools

: BBBTips™ on Putting Together a Budget
Any small business owner intent on planning a successful future for his or her business must take into account how to fund that plan. Simply put, a budget outlines what you will spend your money on and where that money will come from. It projects your income and your expenses and sets a profit goal. It lets you know, at any point in time, how well — or how poorly — your business is doing. Read the full article from the BBB
: Small Business Resource Guide
This resource guide provides easy access to information on national organizations and programs that can provide assistance to small businesses on a variety of financial services. Use the Resource Guide to explore capital access and technical assistance sources for small and minority-owned businesses. Read the full article from the OCC.
: Community Development Financial Institution and Community Development Bank Resource Directory
This directory provides easy access to information for a sampling of organizations that can provide resources to banks interested in investing in Community Development (CD) Banks or Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). It also provides materials of interest to banks considering converting to a national CD Bank or organizations considering forming a CD Bank. The activities are organized under the following categories. View the Resource Directory from the OCC
: Native American Resource Directory
This directory provides descriptions and contact information for a sampling of organizations that can provide resources to banks interested in lending, investing, or providing retail financial services in Indian country. View the Resource Directory from the OCC
: Neighborhood Stabilization
The OCC is working with national banks to identify strategies which can help mitigate the negative effects of rising foreclosures on communities across the country. We are focused on helping to link national banks with communities that are working to develop strategies to stabilize neighborhoods and alleviate the negative impacts of increased foreclosures. View the Resource Directory from the OCC
: Part 24 Community Development Investments
National banks may make investments primarily designed to promote the public welfare under the community development investment authority in 12 USC 24 (Eleventh) and its implementing regulation, 12 CFR 24 (Part 24). This authority allows banks to make investments that primarily benefit low- and moderate-income individuals or low- and moderate-income areas. Examples of these investments include supporting affordable housing and other real estate development, providing equity for start-up and small business expansion, and revitalizing or stabilizing government-designated areas. Read the full article from the OCC
: Rural Community Development Resource Directory
This directory provides descriptions and contact information for a number of organizations and web sites that can provide resources to banks interested in lending, investing, or providing retail financial services in rural communities. View the Resource Directory from the OCC