Executives at Centric Financial Corporation named William T. McGrath as executive vice president and chief credit officer of the Harrisburg-headquartered Centric Bank, as the financial institution seeks to grow its share of the Philadelphia and central Pennsylvania financial market

Pennsylvania taxpayers paid an additional $1.17 billion in import taxes on products subject the Trump administration’s tariffs in its ongoing trade dispute with China, according to the latest Tariff Tracker produced by Tariffs Hurt the Heartland, a nonprofit coalition of trade advocacy groups.

The state took in $2.9 billion in general fund revenue last month, which was $91.5 million short of projections, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue reported.

The Pennsylvania General Assembly will reconvene Jan. 7 with a slate of bills tabled from 2019. Among lawmakers’ chief concerns are updating statewide alcohol regulations, amending supposed tax loopholes for short-term rentals and reducing government asset risk.

Dauphin County’s Riverview Bank promoted two of its top management personnel.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has released its first Local Area Gross Domestic Product report of 2018 that looks at GDP by counties across the country, and the statistics show Pennsylvania counties in the region are seeing increases in wealth.

The York County Cultural Alliance supports eight partner agencies that are considered by the alliance to be “essential to the arts and culture community in York County”—Greater York Dance, The Appell Center for the Performing Arts York Art Association, York County History Center, York Junior Symphony Orchestra, York Symphony Orchestra, York Youth Symphony Orchestra and Creative York.

Fresh from the holidays, batteries recharged, you’re all ready to start a new year of business.  Twelve new months, 52 new weeks stretch out before you.  Do you and your team have a coherent plan for this New Year? I’ll bet many of you don’t.

Orrstown Bank and PNC Bank will close seven branch locations in central Pennsylvania in the first quarter of 2020. The move comes in response to an industry trend in financial services companies reinvesting in banking technology. 

Are you a square peg at home, only to morph into a circular peg in the office? It’s ok to say yes, but very few of us want to admit it. We will confess a seamless demeanor and approach to things in the safety of our homes that we claim is unaltered in the workplace.

The number of complaints and inquiries filed with the department decreased by 1,691, according to the department’s most recent annual consumer services report, released this week. During the 2013-14 fiscal year, the department received 5,885 complaints. This annual aggregation of complaints and inquiries gradually trended downward, and in the 2018-19 fiscal year, 4,194 complaints were received by the department, according to the report.

While economic indicators remain high for the U.S. economy as a whole, central and southeastern Pennsylvania have been beset by tumultuous global trade and a weak manufacturing sector for the last year and a half, according to a recently published study by analysts at RKL, a business consulting firm based in Lancaster.

Gettysburg-based ACNB Corp. is moving forward on a deal to acquire a Frederick, Md. bank holding company after receiving both state and federal approval.

Gambling revenue at casinos is up by double digits compared to a year ago, according to new numbers released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The merger between two of the largest banks in the country, one with a significant Pennsylvania presence, has been finalized and is now taking shape with a new headquarters and new regional presidents.