The Vineyards
Jocelyn Salas Sanchez,
Sonoma Valley High School
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If you’re looking for custom financing solutions to help grow your wine business, look no further than the team of industry specialists at Bank of Marin. Our local, expert lenders can provide flexible lending solutions for your wine-related banking needs including vineyard development, construction financing, commercial real estate, and barrel financing.
FIND OUT MORE >With relationship banking as our guiding principle, we put you first at every stage of life. This includes helping you navigate the complexities of establishing trusts, wills and healthcare directives. At Bank of Marin our role is to guide you at the right time, to help you answer your most pressing questions and concerns, and to anticipate your needs before they become an unnecessary burden to your family or your business.
There can be some confusion about how a trust is different from a will and who needs one. Most people need a will and a healthcare directive as part of a basic estate plan. We can help you analyze your assets to determine if the cost of creating and maintaining a trust is justified. For those who already have a trust, we can also help determine if your trust needs updating.
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We can help manage your wealth and protect your legacy.
At Bank of Marin, we’re committed to the growth and success of our small business customers. From providing financing and treasury management solutions to navigating the local business community, Bank of Marin is more than just a bank. We make banking safe, secure and seamless, so that small business owners can focus on meeting their business goals.
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Let’s work together to think bigger for your small business.
Paola Arandia
Mill Valley Branch Manager
At Bank of Marin, we take our role in the community very seriously. That means supporting the people behind the businesses we serve. Our personal banking services cover everything you need to feel secure that your money is in good hands. From trusts and wealth management to digital banking and credit cards, our expert team is there at every step to guide you. See for yourself what a difference a bank built in your community can make.
FIND OUT MORE >Face-swapping and voice cloning sound like something out of a sci-fi movie. But, in reality, these are two common techniques used to create synthetic media—photos, videos or audio that have been manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI).
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and our Bank of Marin Information Security team wants to help raise awareness of this sophisticated cyber security threat that’s on the rise.
Synthetic media can have legitimate uses including simulation training videos, exploring the new photo features on the latest cell phones, and advertisements, to name a few. However, there are nefarious characters using synthetic media to create deepfakes—videos, photos, or audio clips that have been digitally altered with an unsuspecting person’s likeness to make it appear as if they are saying or doing something they’ve never done.
Chances are you’ve seen a deepfake or two online; images of celebrities endorsing products they claim they’ve never endorsed or—now that we’re in an election cycle—political ads. While currently rare, fraudsters are also using AI-generated technology to create deepfake audio. We expect this trend to continue rising.
Using a short clip of someone’s voice recording, cybercriminals can replicate the voice using AI to make hoax calls. There have been documented cases of fraudsters using deepfake audio of children’s voices to stage hoax kidnappings in hopes of getting frightened parents to pay hefty ransoms. Another scam: a loved one calling to tell you they have been in an accident and need money sent to them immediately. These urgent pleas play on your emotions and may cause you to take immediate action to help your loved one.
We are no longer in an era where seeing—or, in this case, hearing—is believing. Being aware and prepared are key to not falling victim to deepfake audio and voice cloning scams.
If you believe you have fallen victim to scammers, immediately:
For more fraud prevention tips, visit our Fraud Prevention Resource Center
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