Who's going to manage your family's finances when you're gone?

Investopoly · Mar 12, 2019 · 16m

A client was telling me a story about how the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a business he used to own passed away unexpectantly. Of course, it was a very sad event both personally and professionally. But an unexpected additional consequence was that the business was locked out of internet banking. The CFO had many important passwords committed to memory (for security). The business had to pay staff the week following his death without any access to banking! This taught my client a very important personal lesson. That is, make sure your loved ones are looked after in the event of your…