For accounting firms, new recruits mean change … which hasn’t always come easy to...
For as much as accountants are wizards with numbers, accounting for the number of generations in the workplace gives them some anxiety.
Ralph Thomas, CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of Certified...
Peapack-Gladstone adds wealth management exec
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp., parent of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, has hired a new senior managing director and senior trust officer for Peapack Private Wealth Management, it announced recently.
June Ryan will work out of the Bedminster-based company’s...
Grant Thornton adds AI expert to Iselin office
A cognitive computing expert is joining Grant Thornton LLP’s Iselin office to serve as managing director of applied artificial intelligence, the tax and advisory firm said Monday.
In his new role, J.T. Kostman, a data...
SBA reduces Surety Bond Guarantee fees for FY19
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced recently that it is lowering its fees for Surety Bond Guarantees for the first time in 12 years.
The decrease will affect guaranteed bonds approved during fiscal 2019, from...
North Jersey FCU’s latest innovation: Helping noncitizens secure mortgage loans
North Jersey Federal Credit Union is, like all lenders, contending today with a slowdown in the mortgage market as interest rates creep up.
However, unlike the state’s other lenders, the institution is looking at the...
GoFundMe scandal with homeless vet hurts wide range of people, organizations
We’ve all seen the story of the couple who raised more than $400,000 for the homeless veteran and then (allegedly) kept most of the money for themselves.
The story went viral and likely was seen...
Edison Partners leads $10M growth investment in Blue Medora
Princeton-based Edison Partners has led a $10 million growth investment in Blue Medora, a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based provider of IT monitoring integration, it announced Thursday.
Blue Medora said it will use the funds to increase development...
GWG inks president for its Private Client Group
Bedminster-based Gladstone Wealth Group and LPL Financial announced Thursday that Robert Limmer has been named president of the firm's Private Client Group.
Limmer joins GWG from UBS where he was a complex director for nearly a...
Lassus Wherley wealth management firm acquired by Peapack-Gladstone Financial
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp., the parent of Peapack-Gladstone Bank, has acquired a longstanding women-owned wealth management firm, it announced this week.
New Providence-based Lassus Wherley’s co-founders, Diahann W. Lassus and Clare E. Wherley, will remain as...
Marlin Business Services announces departure of CFO
Marlin Business Services Corp., a Mount Laurel-based publicly-traded bank holding company, announced that W. Taylor Kamp has left his role as senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately.
Kamp will remain with the...
