Dollar Bank Business Insights
The magazine for Hampton Roads business professionals.
At Dollar Bank, we understand that running a business is a challenge. When the economy is uncertain and threats are constant, the support of a trustworthy banking partner is more important than ever. We're here to support you and your business with personal service, professional advice and valuable tools that you can leverage to make informed decisions.
Business Insights, our magazine for Hampton Roads business professionals, is published three times a year. Each issue features beneficial perspectives from our local banking team on the topics and trends that are impacting business owners.
You can read our current issue of Business Insights magazine and explore past issues below.
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Business Insights Fall 2026
Business owners face no shortage of challenges and opportunities. This issue of Business Insights delivers practical advice to help you grow strategically, improve operations, protect your company and strengthen long-term value. Inside this issue:
- Learn when borrowing can be a smart business strategy, how to evaluate repayment capacity and which financing options may best support expansion and investment goals.
- Explore key considerations for selecting a payment platform, including customer payment preferences, security, integrations, reporting capabilities and scalability.
- Discover practical steps to help protect your business from increasingly sophisticated AI powered scams, data breaches and cyber threats.
- Gain insights into improving working capital, boosting EBITDA and positioning your business for greater profitability and future growth opportunities.
Business Insights Summer 2026
Fuel your next phase of growth with the Summer 2026 issue of Business Insights! Whether you’re looking to optimize day-to-day operations or plan for what’s next, this issue delivers practical strategies and expert insights that empower you to make confident, informed decisions. What you’ll gain:
- Smarter cash flow management: Learn why working capital is the lifeblood of your business and discover proven ways to strengthen it, improve flexibility and seize new opportunities.
- Creative growth strategies: Explore how resourcefulness, innovation and strong team culture can help you do more with less and stay competitive in a dynamic market.
- Future-focused planning: Get ahead with expert guidance on succession planning so you can maximize value, protect your legacy and achieve your long-term goals.
- Local business inspiration: Learn how a Virginia Beach-based masonry contractor is scaling successfully through smart decisions, specialization and strategic partnerships.
Business Insights Spring 2026
We’re thrilled to open our 2026 series of Business Insights magazine with continued celebration of Dollar Bank’s 170-year milestone of serving our customers, strengthening communities, and growing together, while focusing on insights and practical guidance to help your business thrive in the year ahead.
In this issue you'll find innovative strategies to help strengthen your company’s financial foundation. And we’ve even included a helpful list of considerations for any family planning to send a child to college. Look inside for these stories and more!
- Strategies to Control Costs and Allocate Resources for Success
- Make the Most of Evolving Technology Trends
- SBA Loan Helps Bring Katie's Kickers Fishbowl to Life
Business Insights Fall 2025
This issue of Business Insights is packed with strategies and practical guidance on topics such as treasury management, cash-flow best practices and responding to changing customer needs, to help your business operate more efficiently and profitably.
We’re proud to feature the stories of two of your fellow Hampton Roads business owners whose testimonials highlight how trusted banking relationships have helped their businesses grow and thrive. Look inside for these stories and more!
- Tips for Managing and Strengthening Your Cash Flow
- Body Logic Massage & Chiropractic Empowers Patients to Thrive
- Happy Café: Leave Your Worries at the Door
- Dollar Bank Inclusion Champion - Michelle Newton
Business Insights Summer 2025
In our July 2025 issue you'll find information to help you identify check fraud and put safeguards in place to reduce the risks for your company. You'll also learn strategies for leveling up your confidence when it comes to managing your wealth. Don't miss these stories and more!
- Agility Matters: How to Build a Nimbler Business
- How to Find Your Next Great Employee
- Community Corner: Volunteer efforts, awards and donations
Business Insights Spring 2025
In our March 2025 issue, you'll discover why Accounts Payable (AP) automation is quickly gaining traction as a way for businesses to bolster efficiency and profits through gains in productivity, accuracy, visibility and security. You'll also learn:
- How to protect your business and yourself with the right insurance coverage
- How to create blog content that will resonate with your audience and get them talking
- 5 key reasons to approach your social media and online activities with caution
Business Insights Fall 2024
In our November 2024 issue you’ll find the story of a local entrepreneur who built a successful commercial real estate business by providing a rental experience that surpassed his customers' expectations.
You'll also find:
- Advice for connecting with customers through community involvement
- Recommendations for improving your customer experience and growing your business and with merchant services
- Ways to protect your business from AI scams
Business Insights Brief
Every day, you are faced with decisions to help keep your business on track. Business Insights Brief provides quick hitting resources and knowledge from our banking team to help you achieve your goals.
In our latest edition, you will:
- Learn how business email compromise scams work
- Discover examples of scams to watch out for
- Get tips for safeguarding your business against this type of fraudulent activity
Business Insights Summer 2024
Inside this issue you'll find forward-thinking strategies and creative tactics to keep you ahead of the competition and elevate your business to new heights. Look inside for these stories and more!
- Ways to make your business more sustainable
- How to deliver that special something to delight your customers
- Local business story: McDrake Enterprise builds success through differentiation
- Time management tips for small business owners
Business Insights Spring 2024
Our one-year anniversary issue of Business Insights features an opportunity to provide feedback about the magazine through a reader survey, insights and guidance from Hampton Roads business and community leaders - and these stories:
- Strategies for leveraging influencers and user-generated content to strengthen customer relationships
- Four ways to combat entrepreneurial loneliness and isolation
- Initiatives supporting youth education through the Chesapeake Public Schools Educational Foundation
Business Insights Fall 2023
Get ready to elevate your business game with the latest issue of Business Insights magazine!
Delve into our Fall 2023 issue for the inspiring story of a Norfolk, Virginia business owner, expert strategies for growing and protecting your business, as well as a glimpse inside one of the region’s most successful workforce initiatives aimed at empowering middle school students to make career choices.
Look inside for these stories:
- Mike and Mike Services Lights Up Hampton Roads
- Take a Fresh Look at Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent
- The Latest Cyber Scams: Protect Yourself and Your Business
- Investing in Youth to Help Our Community Thrive
Business Insights Summer 2023
We're excited to share our second issue with you. Inside you'll find important information on:
- Protecting your business from fraud
- Pricing strategies to maximize profit margins, sales and branding
- Establishing a relationship with a private banker
- Our commitment to helping the Hampton Roads community grow
Business Insights Spring 2023
We are thrilled to introduce you to Dollar Bank Business Insights. Our first issue provides helpful information on:
- Succession Planning
- Interviewing a bank to determine fit
- Tips for growth
- Our connection to Hampton Roads
These articles are for general information purposes only and are not intended to provide legal, tax, accounting or financial advice. The information and opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice. Any reliance upon any such information is solely and exclusively at your own risk. Please consult your own counsel, accountant or other advisor regarding your specific situation.