Peapack-Gladstone Bank hires EVP, chief HR officer
Bedminster-based Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. and Peapack-Gladstone Bank jointly announced the appointment of Brydget Falk-Drigan as executive vice president, chief human resources officer at the bank.
Falk-Drigan will be responsible for the bank’s human resources function,...
Murphy, Oliver intend to revive pair of community economic programs
A pair of neighborhood improvement programs aimed at strengthening downtowns and encouraging private investment in communities would see their funding restored under Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed budget, the governor and lieutenant governor announced Thursday.
Murphy...
1st Constitution completes deal for N.J. Community Bank
The merger of New Jersey Community Bank into Cranbury-based 1st Constitution Bank has closed, according to parent company 1st Constitution Bancorp.
The deal, which was announced in November and valued at around $7.6 million at...
Specialty Program Group acquires crane, marine programs
Summit-based Specialty Program Group LLC has acquired the assets of several underwriting programs from Norman-Spencer Agency, it announced Thursday.
The insurance holding company for specialty brokerages and underwriting facilities said it acquired NSA’s crane program,...
Center for Non-Profits survey: ‘Clear and persistent gap’ between demand, resources in N.J.
There’s a “clear and persistent gap” between the demand for programs and services provided by New Jersey’s nonprofit organizations and the lack of resources available to them to be able to provide those services,...
Pru awards $30M to Newark nonprofits for capital campaigns, endowments
Prudential Financial Inc. is providing Newark nonprofits with $30 million in grants to support capital campaigns and endowments throughout the city’s five wards, it said recently.
The funds will go to 17 beneficiaries, including a...
Prager Metis hires partner-in-charge for Advisory Group
The accounting firm Prager Metis CPAs LLC has added a new partner to oversee one of its groups, the firm announced recently.
Joseph D. Zarkowski will work out of the New York-based firm’s Basking Ridge...
OceanFirst Bank names director of cash management
OceanFirst Bank N.A. has named a new senior vice president and director of cash management, parent OceanFirst Financial Corp. announced recently.
Jeana M. Piscatelli has joined the Red Bank-based bank from J.P. Morgan’s Financial Institutions...
M&T survey: Midsize companies, thrilled by tax reform, are bullish on economy
The business outlook for midsized companies is the highest it has been since the economic downturn of a decade ago, according to M&T Bank’s Q1 Economic Outlook survey.
The survey showed that 70 percent of...
Equal Pay Day: N.J. is middle of the pack when it comes to gender...
The National Partnership for Women and Families released Monday a study in honor of Equal Pay Day, showing how full-time female employees in New Jersey are typically paid just 81 cents for every dollar...
