F&M Trust and its holding company, Franklin Financial Services Corp., plan to both move into a larger headquarters by the end of 2020.

When Fred Richstien II sought financing last fall to expand his business in Adams County, he heard about a federal loan program that might help him achieve his vision.. By summer, he had a financing package totaling $845,000 in hand for his company, Laboratory, Analytical & Biological Services, or LABS, of New Oxford, part of which included a Small Business Administration 504 loan facilitated by the Adams Economic Alliance.

In a sign of the times, many employers are enacting workplace policies to address gender issues and show respect to people who may want to be called by names and pronouns that reflect their gender identities rather than their biological characteristics at birth.

Two employees of Boyer & Ritter LLC have been elected principal owners of the East Pennsboro Township-based accounting firm.

Rite Aid Corp. announced Monday morning that a new leader has been found to run the embattled company, taking over management immediately. Heyward Donigan, a longtime executive in the health care industry, will serve as Rite Aid’s CEO and join the board of directors.

Student-loan debt continues to be a major obstacle along the path to home ownership across the nation, particularly for millennials. But it’s not the only one.

Juniata County-based Pennian Bank will make its way to the Harrisburg region with the opening of a new branch later this month in Lemoyne.

President Trump has complained that the Federal Reserve has been hurting the economy, first by raising interest rates and then by not lowering them fast enough. “No help from Fed!” he said on Twitter last week, in what has become a typical broadside.

Malaysia expanded efforts to prosecute Goldman Sachs Group Inc.employees it alleges were involved in the 1MDB fraud, filing criminal chargesagainst more than a dozen current and former senior executives based around the world.

The Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner and the Labor & Industry Secretary said they have implemented agreements with two insurers and a state agency to protect Pennsylvania businesses from any errors in the filing of loss costs, a factor in setting workers’ compensation insurance premiums for employers.

More than two dozen projects in Central Pennsylvania were awarded millions of dollars in matching grants from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), supporting both public and private construction and renovation projects across the state. The local grants are part of a broader package of grant awards $275 million for 214 projects statewide.

Susquehanna Township-based wealth management firm River Wealth Advisors has now opened a new office at 842 W. Hamilton Street in Allentown. It will be run by Judy Savchak, who serves as senior vice president and Lehigh Valley market leader, and Debbie Hippensteel, the investment portfolio manager.

North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. said its shareholders approved a merger of BB&T and Georgia-based SunTrust Banks Inc. valued at $66 billion and adopted Truist Financial Corp. as the new name of the combined company. Additionally, about 40,000 employees at both companies will each receive $1,500 bonuses.

It’s evident the cannabis industry is growing, thriving and impacting the economy in ways we have only just begun to comprehend. Last month, the York County Economic Alliance hosted our Economics Club breakfast series on the economics of the cannabis industry, featuring two industry leaders, Green Thumb Industries and Groff North America.

With additions such as online games, the Pennsylvania Lottery is reporting a record year for sales and profits.