Outsmart the Top Scam Targeting Your Business

Business email compromise is one of the most financially damaging online scams for businesses, and it is the top…

A Better Way for Businesses to Get Paid

Small businesses are the backbone of every community, providing important services, products, and job opportunities…

5 Pieces of Advice for Entrepreneurs from Successful Black Business Owners

Over the past few weeks, we have had the privilege of sitting down with a number of Black business owners and…

The Importance of Maximizing Your Employee Benefits

We’re hearing a lot about burnout in today’s work environment. Burnout is a form of exhaustion caused by excessive…

Is Relationship Banking Scalable? Maintaining a Client-First Approach in a Growth-Oriented Economy

At Southern First, we believe in relationship banking. That means you should know who your banker is, and they put…

How Knowing Your Banker Benefits Your Business

One of the most positive side effects of COVID may prove to be the boom in entrepreneurship. Before last year, the…

How to Approach Recruiting & Retention in 2021

One of the most profound impacts of the pandemic happened within the job market, and it affected employers and…

PPP Forgiveness Portal Update

Our partner, The Loan Source, has completed an upgrade of the PPP Loan Forgiveness platform and it is now available…

Digital Transformation - One Step at a Time

You’ve probably seen the memes floating around the internet asking who is driving a company’s transformation? Is it…

PPP Forgiveness Update - July 24, 2020

Your Southern First team and our partners at The Loan Source are working together to bring you information and…