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Spencer Savings Bank Welcomes Ryan Peene as Senior Vice President and Director of Market Growth and Development
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to welcome Ryan Peene as Senior Vice President and Director of Market Growth and Development. Peene will be in charge of leading and executing strategic growth strategies for the bank. Peene is an accomplished senior executive with years of experience in commercial... - October 17, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Distributes $400,000 to Community for Pandemic Relief, Helps Save Businesses with Over $15M in PPP Commitment
Spencer Savings Bank recently distributed $400,000 to a variety of community members affected by the pandemic. A donation of $200,000 was made to local hospitals and nonprofits. Spencer was also able to provide, in conjunction with the Federal Home Loan Bank of NY, an additional $200,000 in grants... - October 15, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Donates $7,000 to Habitat for Humanity to Help Build Communities and Fulfill Dreams of Home Ownership
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to announce it has donated $7,000 to Habitat for Humanity to help build communities and fulfill dreams of home ownership in New Jersey. The donations were made to Paterson Habitat for Humanity as well as Habitat for Humanity in Morris, Bergen, Union and Essex... - September 28, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Welcomes Robert Vivo as Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Sales/Service
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to welcome Robert Vivo as Senior Vice President and Director of Retail Sales/Service. Vivo will be responsible for leading and overseeing the Retail Financial Center Network, Retail Training and the Customer Service Center. A seasoned senior executive with thirty... - September 27, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Cleaning Software Company Launches Custodial QR Code - Scan2Clean
Janitorial Manager launches custodial QR Code-Scan2Clean. This allows employees and building patrons to see real-time data on when a room was cleaned, cleaning activities performed, and send notifications on services required. QR codes will make shared spaces safer as facilities adapt to the new normal. - September 18, 2020 - Double A Solutions
Spencer Savings Bank Hosts Hygiene For Humanity Drive for Needy Community Members
Spencer Savings Bank recently hosted a Hygiene for Humanity drive where almost 100 items were collected for the nonprofit Eva’s Village in Paterson, N.J. To comply with social distancing rules and everyone’s safety, the drive was hosted virtually through an Amazon Wish List. Employees... - September 17, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
InCorp Works with IWG to Boost Business Startups and Expansions in Asia
InCorp Global partners leading workspace provider, International Workplace Group (IWG)- who operates well-known flexible workspace brands such as Regus, Spaces and Signature by Regus, in a joint effort to give companies a boost in setting up offices across Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, India and... - August 14, 2020 - In.Corp Group
Autumn Patterson Joins Mars Bank as Penn Banking Center Manager
Autumn C. Patterson joined Mars Bank as Assistant Vice President and Manager of the Penn Banking Center located at 600 Pittsburgh Road (Rt. 8). Ms. Patterson is a 13-year veteran of retail banking and will serve both consumer and commercial customers in Penn Township, Saxonburg, Butler city and... - August 13, 2020 - Mars Bank
Bank and FinTech Execs Report Strengthening Customer and Employee Relationships Due to COVID-19
A financial services industry survey conducted jointly by the Financial Services Club and Ravco Marketing, sponsored by Salesforce, has found that the industry sees a silver lining resulting from COVID-19. Most think the crisis has had a positive influence on their customer and employee relationships and the productivity levels of work from home employees. However, the majority say that their ability to reach this year’s business goals have been negatively affected. - August 13, 2020 - Ravco Marketing, LLC
Spencer Savings Bank Awards Almost $25,000 in Scholarships to Local Students
Spencer Savings Bank was pleased to continue its scholarship program this year and award almost $25,000 in scholarships to both high school and middle school students throughout New Jersey. The scholarships will help families in New Jersey pay for their child’s education. Students were... - August 12, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Meadows Bank Total Assets Reach $1 Billion
Meadows Bank, headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, announced today that it had reached $1.1 billion in Total Assets as of June 30, 2020. Total Equity Capital also grew 17% to $126.8 million. At June 30, 2020, the bank had Total Loans of $994.6 million which represented a 25% growth or $195.9 million... - August 06, 2020 - Meadows Bank
Bitfury’s Crystal to Assist the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation
Crystal Blockchain is proud to collaborate with the Ministry of Digital Transformation, Ukraine’s committee for digital transformation to introduce financial monitoring for virtual assets. - July 26, 2020 - Crystal Blockchain
ALSEGO Launches a New Financial Middleware Solution
ALSEGO has launched Symphony, a new financial middleware solution for the conversion, validation & transmission of interbank financial messages. - July 25, 2020 - ALSEGO
Spencer Savings Bank Sponsors Socially Distant Drive-in Movies This Summer
Spencer Savings Bank kicked off the start of summer by sponsoring two drive-in movie nights for local community members. Social distancing guidelines were followed with vehicles being spaced accordingly and guests encouraged to wear masks. It was a nostalgic approach to continuing Spencer’s... - July 15, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Partner Colorado Credit Union Launches Cannabis Business Lending Program
Partner Colorado Credit Union today announced they will offer commercial real estate loans to their cannabis banking clients. Sundie Seefried, CEO of Partner Colorado CU and a trailblazer in U.S. cannabis banking, explained, “Now in our sixth year of cannabis banking, we have the experience and knowledge required to evaluate risk." - July 07, 2020 - Partner Colorado Credit Union
Codebase Technologies Enables Digital Transformation at National Bank of Pakistan
Pakistan’s Premier Banking Institution continues its trust in Codebase Technologies, a Global Open API Banking solutions provider with its Digital Transformation Agenda. - July 07, 2020 - Codebase Technologies
Entech Launches Anovaa, a Unified Digital Loan Origination Platform and Originate(TM) Turn-Key Loan Outsourcing
Smart technology delivers 40% boost in loan processing speed and efficiency. - June 26, 2020 - Anovaa
Double A Solutions Decides to Work Remotely, Indefinitely
Double A Solutions decides to allow employees to work remotely, indefinitely, in the wake of COVID-19 after positive productivity results. Double A Solutions is committed to employee flexibility. Since Double A Solutions’ employees began working remotely in response to COVID-19, employee and company production is at an all-time high as team members continue to serve customers at a high-level. - June 24, 2020 - Double A Solutions
Spencer Savings Bank is Pleased to Announce the Promotion of Anthony Niciejewski to Vice President, Market Manager
Spencer Savings Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Anthony Niciejewski to the position of Vice President, Market Manager. In his new role, Niciejewski will lead the overall success of the bank’s Essex and Morris county teams - specifically in the Lyndhurst, Nutley, North Caldwell... - June 21, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Choice and Transparency Comes to Borrowers in South Africa with the Launch of CompareLoans.co.za
In a first for South Africa, CompareLoans brings unparalleled transparency around interest rates, fees and terms in the personal finance market. - June 11, 2020 - CompareLoans.co.za
Salvus Reports on Cyprus Investment Funds
SALVUS Funds, as key provider of fund services in Cyprus, have summarized the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) data release of May 2020 for Investment Funds based in Cyprus. The reporting frequency is quarterly, and the current data set period includes data until the end of March 2020. This set of data captures a good part of the COVID-19 impact, which saw global markets crash within February and partly recovering within March. - June 08, 2020 - Salvus Funds
Year Up Jacksonville Awarded $80K in Women’s Giving Alliance Investment to Help Close the Opportunity Divide for Young Women in NE Florida
A first-time grant awardee of The Women’s Giving Alliance (WGA), an initiative of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida, Year Up Jacksonville (YUJAX) will receive $80K in funding as part of the Alliance’s record $595,000 grant announcement on May 21 benefitting eight nonprofit... - June 06, 2020 - Year Up Jacksonville
eMudhra Adds Soft & Net Solutions to Their Growing Partner Network in the Americas
eMudhra, a global digital enabler and a premier provider of AI based Analytics and Cybersecurity solutions for education, banking, insurance, and manufacturing sectors in the Americas, has successful signed up Soft & Net Solutions - an authorized Certifying Authority in Peru - as a partner. - May 31, 2020 - eMudhra Inc.
Crescent Lenders Funds $1,150,000 Real Estate Refinance Deal for Property That Leases to Cannabis Shop
Crescent Lenders, a private money lending business located in Los Angeles, California, recently closed a refinance deal on a commercial office building located in Del Rey Oaks, California. The collateral is a two-story 5,870 square foot building on a 10,500 square foot lot (with ample parking) and... - May 29, 2020 - Crescent Lenders
eMudhra Helps Sorvive Technologies to Seamlessly Issue 5000+ Digitally Signed Invoices
eMudhra, a global digital enabler and a premier provider of AI-based Analytics and Cybersecurity solutions for education, banking, insurance, and manufacturing sectors in the Americas, announced that they have successfully assisted Sorvive Technologies, a Florida-based IT company, to completely... - May 27, 2020 - eMudhra Inc.
Delhi Based Start-Up MagiQ Ventures Launches Queue Management Application
Mobile and Web Application to help businesses maintain social distancing. - May 22, 2020 - MagiQ Ventures
MetricStream and Compliance.ai Offer Enhanced Regulatory Change Management Solution for Financial Institutions
MetricStream platform integration with Compliance.ai now allows financial institutions to proactively manage the growing volume and velocity of regulatory changes. - May 18, 2020 - Compliance.ai
1st Nations Reverse Mortgage Welcomes Ken Krajewski as Vice-President and Head of Reverse Mortgage Lending at 1st Nations Reverse Mortgage
1st Nations Reverse Mortgage, a division of Midwest Loan Solutions, Inc. NMLS 3042, based in Michigan, is doing business as both a retail and wholesale reverse mortgage lender throughout the U.S. 1st Nations Reverse continues to offer superior service on its reverse mortgage services by focusing on... - May 17, 2020 - University Lending Group
Velocity Merchant Services Introduces Design for a Cause, Getting Kids Involved in Making a Difference
Design for a Cause from Velocity Merchant Service. Small businesses across the country have been drastically affected by COVID-19. VMS wants to get kids involved in making a difference by creating a t-shirt design with the theme support small business. Two design winners will have their design printed on t-shirts that will be sold nationwide. All proceeds will go to help small businesses affected by COVID-19. - May 16, 2020 - Velocity Merchant Services
Meadows Bank Reports Total Equity Capital Growth of 18%
Meadows Bank, headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, announced its financial information as of March 31, 2020. - May 14, 2020 - Meadows Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Donates $100,000 to NJ Hospitals Battling The Coronavirus Pandemic
Spencer Savings Bank recently made a $100,000 donation to support NJ hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic. A donation of $50,000 was made to Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County and Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Union County. “We are so grateful to Spencer... - May 06, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
SelFin Partners with Innovative Assessments to Help Increase Credit Access for Indian MSMEs
SelFin and Innovative Assessments have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate with regards to improving the financial inclusion of micro-enterprises in India using psychometric analysis. - April 24, 2020 - Innovative Assessments
GetBucks Adds Innovative Assessments’ New Credit Scoring Technology
GetBucks (Pty) Ltd., part of the Finclusion Group and a South African company focusing on digital financial and insurance solutions, have signed a partnership agreement with Innovative Assessments International, Ltd. (“IA”) to promote financial inclusion and extend more credit to those... - April 15, 2020 - Innovative Assessments
Urgent Investment in Transport Infrastructure Needed to Spur Africa Growth
Regional and international stakeholders for East and Central Africa's transport infrastructure sector will be gathering once again at the 10th East & Central Africa Roads & Rail Infrastructure Summit 2020 to be held on 4-5 August in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This Summit is particularly... - April 14, 2020 - Magenta Global Pte Ltd
Scrooger - New Independent Financial Comparison Platform - Has Launched
Scrooger is a completely independent comparison platform and information service. It's a place where you can find the best deals and learn how to save and earn more money. - March 31, 2020 - Scrooger
Georgia’s Financial Institutions Proactive on Coronavirus
Georgia’s banks and credit unions have sprung into action to meet the financial services needs of our state’s families and businesses during the coronavirus public health emergency. The Georgia Bankers Association, Community Bankers Association of Georgia and the Georgia Credit Union... - March 22, 2020 - Georgia Bankers Association
Flanks Becomes the First Company of Europe in Offering Product Aggregation of Investments
Flanks, the startup located in Barcelona, is positioned as the first company in Europe specialized in the aggregation of investment accounts. - March 16, 2020 - Flanks
Spencer Savings Bank Helps Eva’s Village Coach Its Job Seeking Community with Mock Job Fair Participation
Spencer Savings Bank, a leading New Jersey-based community bank, recently spent the morning in Paterson helping Eva’s Village coach its job seeking community with participation in a mock job fair. Employees, posing as hiring managers, interviewed clients and provided feedback on both... - March 12, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Announces Relocation of Financial Center in Union, N.J.
Spencer Savings Bank, a leading New Jersey-based community bank, is pleased to announce that it will be relocating its Union Financial Center at 1331 Magie Avenue to 1350 Galloping Hill Road (in the Galloping Hill Center). The new location, approximately one mile away from the current one, is a... - March 11, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
InCorp Launches FOR-EP Programme to Help Businesses Stay Afloat Amid COVID-19
Financial and Operational Resiliency – Enterprise Programme (FOR-EP) is yet another effort by In.Corp Global, Singapore and South-east Asia’s leading corporate services provider, to assist small and medium scale enterprises in the region deal with near-term challenges, and uncertain economic ecosphere due to declining profitability, negative cash-flow situation, and high-gearing ratio. - March 04, 2020 - In.Corp Group
Spencer Savings Bank’s Carmen Rivera, Vice President and Market Manager, Honored by Groundwork Elizabeth with "Outstanding Conservation Partner" Award
Spencer Savings Bank, a leading New Jersey-based community bank, is excited to announce that Carmen Rivera, Vice President and Market Manager, was recently honored with the “Outstanding Conservation Partner Award” by Groundwork Elizabeth. The presentation took place on February 19 at... - February 28, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
KBZ Bank and London Business School Collaborate to Bring Real-Time, Real-Life Case Studies to MBA Students
In its quest to bring real life business problems into its curriculum, London Business School MBA Class of 2019 partnered with KBZ Bank in Myanmar to bring an exceptional financial inclusion product to the market with dramatic results. The results were used to shape KBZ Bank mobile payment app,... - February 26, 2020 - KBZ Bank
Spencer Savings Bank Invites Public to Have "Coffee With A Cop"
Spencer Savings Bank, a leading New Jersey-based community bank, would like to invite local residents and businesses to join them for "Coffee With A Cop." The free event will take place from 10am – 1 pm on Monday, February 24 at the Spencer Financial Center in Garfield, located on... - February 22, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Cal Coast Credit Union Opens Newest Branch in University City
California Coast Credit Union has opened its 26th branch in San Diego's University City Neighborhood. A Grand Opening will be held Feb. 29 from 10am to 1:30pm with food, fun and prizes. - February 20, 2020 - California Coast Credit Union
Unity Pay is Eager to Revolutionize Payments in America Through Their Easy to Use Smartphone App
Post, chat and pay for groceries. - February 20, 2020 - Unity Pay
Spencer Savings Bank Welcomes Rich Vaill as Vice President and Business Development Officer Team Leader, Grows Retail Banking Business Team
Spencer Savings Bank, a leading New Jersey-based community bank, recently announced the expansion of its Retail Banking Business team with the addition of a new business development team leader. The bank recently hired Vice President Richard Vaill as Business Development Officer Team Leader. With... - February 15, 2020 - Spencer Savings Bank
Tellerex Announces the Release of Its Latest Software Application, SPOTLight, a First-in-Development Asset Lifecycle-Management Client Portal
Tellerex is pleased to announce the release of its latest software application, SPOTLight, a first-in-development client portal that assists global banks and retailers with the lifecycle management of their ATM and kiosk assets. - February 11, 2020 - Tellerex Inc.
Abidjan Summit in March Showcases for International Investors Côte d’Ivoire's Considerable Potential in Its Energy and Mining Sectors
Côte d’Ivoire is the new kid on the block catching the interest of IOCs and mining operators. The country is poised for growth with a pro-investment government having recently unveiled fresh blocks for oil and gas exploration in a mini-licensing round. Côte d’Ivoire is... - February 07, 2020 - Magenta Global Pte Ltd
London Based Openitio to Deliver Out-of-the-Box Compliance for PSD2 Fallback / MCI Readiness
London headquartered Open Banking specialist Openitio launches out-of-the-box technology that meets PSD2 MCI requirements, compliant with the Finance.UK specification, supporting installation and go-live in days. - February 06, 2020 - Openitio Limited
Mars Bank Celebrates Opening of Grove City Banking Center
Mars Bank board and management celebrated a ribbon cutting with the Grove City Area Chamber of Commerce and local dignitaries at the new Mars Bank Grove City Banking Center located at 109 South Broad Street in Grove City. The ribbon cutting culminated the redevelopment and build out of the new... - February 06, 2020 - Mars Bank