Invest Newark appoints Therone Hopkins as chief lending officer
Invest Newark on Thursday named Therone Hopkins as its new chief lending officer. With 17 years of banking experience, Hopkins is a valuable addition to the Invest Newark team, where he will focus on...
Summit-based financial firm Simplicity acquires benefitRFP and names new partner
Simplicity Group Holdings, a Summit-based financial products distribution firm, on Wednesday said it acquired benefitRFP and welcomed the company's founder, Bob Nienaber, as the group's newest partner. BenefitRFP advises companies across the U.S. on...
Mercadien announces executive promotions; names new principal
Princeton-based Mercadien on Wednesday said it recently elevated some of its team to leadership positions.
Matthew Smierciak, a CPA and member of the Compliance Oversight Services Group, was elevated to managing director of the Mercadien...
NJ Bankers foundation donates $25K to support scholarships for families of USS New Jersey’s...
To help celebrate the commissioning of the USS New Jersey fast attack submarine on Saturday, the New Jersey Bankers Association has donated $25,000 to fund scholarships for families of the crew.
The commissioning ceremony for...
WSFS says happy birthday to Navy, Marines with $50K donation to nonprofit planning their...
Better mark your social calendars for two major celebrations in 2025: the 250th birthdays of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Homecoming 250 is the nonprofit organizing the birthday bashes, and it recently received a $50,000...
Murphy at FinTech Forum in Montreal: We must use technology/innovation to chart better path...
Saying the impact of technology in the world is a turning point, Gov. Phil Murphy — speaking Tuesday at the FinTech Forum in Montreal — urged leaders in New Jersey and Quebec to work...
Stevens, Finance Montréal sign MOU to expand fintech partnerships, opportunities
Leaders from Stevens Institute of Technology and Finance Montréal signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday in Montreal intended to strengthen the connections between fintech developments in the Montréal/Quebec and New Jersey/New York global...
Bank of America raises its minimum wage to $24 per hour
Bank of America will announce Friday morning that it has raised its U.S. minimum hourly wage to $24 per hour, the latest step in the company’s commitment to $25-per-hour wage by 2025.
With the increase,...
New Jersey secures $263.7M in funding to expand broadband internet for every community
New Jersey secured $263.7 million in funding from the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program to provide affordable, high-speed internet access to unserved and underserved communities, according to a Friday announcement from U.S....
EisnerAmper to combine with Tighe, Kress & Orr P.C.
Iselin-based EisnerAmper on Thursday said the partners and colleagues of Elgin, Illinois-based CPA firm Tighe, Kress & Orr P.C. are joining the firm in a combination expected to close in October.
Founded in 2007, and...
