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Centric Bank’s new HR chief: ‘knowledge’ and ‘compassion’ are core to COVID-19 response
Centric Financial Corporation, parent company of Harrisburg-based community bank Centric Bank, has a new Chief Human Resources Officer in Christine Pavlakovich, whose focus is to maintain the bank’s “people-first” culture amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More »Local payment processor seeks to raise $200M for hospitality industry
With restaurants and other hospitality businesses facing some of the earliest and largest financial losses from COVID-19, one local company established an online resource to help raise more than $200 million for them.
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Financial experts talk financial planning and the need for a solid strategy
Many new clients of Lancaster-based Domani Wealth looking for help on their financial or retirement plans bring with them what the financial advisement firm’s CEO calls ‘back of the napkin thoughts.’
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Do you know yourself, or are you a shape shifter?
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.
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Fulton Bank closes on deal with wealth management firm
Fulton Bank closed on a sale last month on a Camp Hill wealth management firm that the bank’s leadership says will help it reach more clients in the midstate.
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Are publicly owned banks in Pennsylvania’s future?
The establishment of publicly owned banks – those owned by some form of government -- could give rise to a new lending entity in Pennsylvania that some say would directly compete with traditional banks.
Read More »Notes from your CPA: 2017 tax law requires strategic refresh for nonprofits
Tax experts agree: adjusting to new accounting standards and the effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act can make the nonprofit world more confusing – and challenging. Here are some tips to help ensure your nonprofit, one of more than 13,000 operating in Pennsylvania, maintains the strong financial backing it needs to continue its meaningful work while meeting today’s state and federal regulations.
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SBA loan fuels growth of Adams lab
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.
Read More »Millennials delaying, not abandoning, home buying
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.
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Is it big time for Bitcoin? Deal with Sheetz seen as a step toward mainstream acceptance
As purveyors of Bitcoin seek out mainstream acceptance, the cryptocurrency – arguably the best-known in a diverse field – may have just gotten a boost in Pennsylvania.
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A Conversation With: Stephen Gift
Stephen Gift, 63, founded Gift CPAs (formerly Gift and Associates) in 1984 and is today its managing member. The firm was named the 2019 large practice Accounting Firm of the Year by the Professional Association of Small Business Accountants. Gift CPAs has offices in five midstate locations, including Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg.
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Univest hires first lender for Harrisburg area
Building on its growth in Lancaster and York counties, Univest Bank and Trust Co. has hired its first commercial lender for Cumberland and Dauphin counties.
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Orrstown hires Maryland market president
After expanding its Maryland business through a merger this spring, Orrstown Financial Services Inc. has hired former BB&T executive Christopher D. Holt to head up its operations in the Old Line state.
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West Chester borough, university spar over stormwater charge
A legal case over a stormwater levy enacted in 2016 by West Chester borough, one of dozens of municipalities around Pennsylvania that have added the fees over the last few years to cope with stormwater runoff and comply with environmental regulations, has pitted it against West Chester University.
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