The Academy for Lifelong Learning Saratoga Region continues its 30-plus year tradition of presenting educational and social opportunities for adults 55 and older by offering 35 five-week courses starting the week of April 10 and the week of May 15.
Registration is now open.
Course brochures will be available at local libraries, YMCAs and retirement communities or by request at (518) 290-6968 or Lora@allsaratoga.org.
Registrations are being accepted throughout the term until courses are full. Some courses will sell out. Annual membership is $75 and goes for 365 days from join date. Five-week courses are $50 each. Courses are held outdoors, by Zoom, or in community classrooms including at SUNY Adirondack’s Wilton location.
Topics for these volunteer-led, noncredit courses include music, literature, variety speaker series, art history and anatomy, Italian, ancient game of Go, hiking, biology of aging, farm tours, local authors, grocery shopping tips, current events, dining out, history, local media professionals, global warming, opera, poetry, local walking tours, writing, museum tours, and more.
For a brochure with registration form, go to www.allsaratoga.org.
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BankWise Technology has launched Customer Verify, a real-time customer authentication solution for banks and credit unions looking to enhance their customer authentication procedures.
It is an advanced and secure system that offers financial institutions a more reliable alternative to traditional methods of customer verification, such as DOB or SSN.
Customer Verify is a standalone module within the Happy Banker ecosystem that offers a simple, affordable, real-time tool to authenticate customers just before a transaction, change of address, or other uses that the bank may have. It is used when the customer is at a branch, on the phone, or via chat.
Customer Verify benefits include real-time authentication, reduced fraud, easy deployment, and an improved customer experience.
The company emphasized that Customer Verify is specifically designed as a customer authentication tool that works in real-time without requiring any additional hardware or software on the customer side. The tool is particularly useful for banks that already have a verified phone number on file and want to authenticate their customers prior to a transaction or for banks to use as a routine best practice.
To learn more, visit www.bankwisetech.com/customer-verify.
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Saratoga Hospital, a member of the Albany Med Health System, has been named one of “The World’s Best Hospitals” by Newsweek magazine for the third year in a row.
Newsweek announced the rankings in March. With 171 beds, the hospital is the smallest New York state facility to earn the designation.
The rankings are compiled by Newsweek and partner Statista, a research and analysis service. Their 2023 World’s Best list recognizes 2,300 hospitals in 28 countries.