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How small businesses benefit from partnering with local banks
Over this past year, during the COVID crisis, many bank lobbies have been shuttered, making neighborhood banking seem like a thing of the past. But for small business owners, this crisis has brought home just how important it can be to have a strong partnership with a local bank.
Business owners, take time to plan the future
It is fairly obvious that successful business owners must be good at what they do, or they would probably not be successful. But can a small business owner really expect to learn and know how to do all things related to running their company?
Local colleges, universities issue partial refunds amid COVID-19 closure
The move to close colleges and universities amid the COVID-19 outbreak has led many students and families to wonder if they would get some type of refund for losing access to housing, dining services and other amenities they already paid for.
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.
The $2 trillion stimulus package is ‘a great start,’ says local business leader
With the White House and Senate reaching a deal earlier today to provide a $2 trillion stimulus package to bolster the national economy in the wake of COVID-19, Pennsylvania’s small businesses can benefit if they act now, according to the leader of a local mortgage-lending firm.
Recession unlikely, though virus expected to slow economy, expert says
That’s according to a local economic expert who shared details of his economic forecast for the Lehigh Valley Business Real Estate & Development Symposium on Thursday at DeSales University.
Spend, or save? How to build a financial future
Mounting economic pressures have contributed to a savings dilemma for those looking to retire. While everyone who works is most likely looking forward to retirement, fewer people are prepared for it. Younger generations are saddled with mounting student loan debt, and appear to be focused on starting a family and buying a house, which puts retirement on the backburner.
A Conversation With: Conor Delaney, founder and CEO of the Good Life Companies
Good Life Companies is a conglomeration of companies in the health and wealth space.
Air Products donates $100,000 to aid coronavirus relief efforts
Air Products & Chemicals of Trexlertown said it awarded a $100,000 grant to help novel coronavirus (COVID-19) recovery efforts in China.
DLP Capital Partners launches $1 billion investment fund
A local firm has begun offering a $1 billion private real estate investment fund that combines debt funding with equity investments.
Is robo-advising the future of investment banking?
Robo-advising and some aspects of artificial intelligence have started picking up in the areas of wealth management and financial advising and banking professionals and other money managers have taken notice.
Peoples Security plans to open bank in Doylestown this spring
Scranton-based Peoples Security Bank & Trust Co. broke into the Lehigh Valley market when it opened its first branch in Bethlehem in 2014 and now, it’s eyeing an expansion into the Doylestown market.
