Business
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Wiser Wealth: Why Using Credit Repair Services Is Not a Good Idea
While it might be tempting to contact one of the many credit repair services easily found online when you need to boost your credit score, experts agree there is nothing they have to offer that you cannot do yourself, writes Martha C. White for Money.com. In some cases, they also might carry out unethical or…
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PA’s Online Unemployment Compensation System — Often Fraught with Frustration — Is Getting a Reboot
As if being out of work isn’t bad enough, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s online system for filing/managing claims is often difficult for filers to navigate, unsteady in its performance and outmoded in its layout. That’s all about to change on June 8, with the launch of a new unemployment compensation system, writes Tom Lehman for WGAL News 8. The improved system…
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Wiser Wealth: Learn the Secrets of Investing “Like the Big Dogs” in Webinar Today
Frederick Hubler, owner and president of Phoenixville-based Creative Capital Wealth Management Group, will share investment strategies and discuss financial advice firms during two webinars hosted by MONEYSHOW’s Accredited Investors Virtual Expo. Hubler is an accomplished entrepreneur with a decades-long successful career in financial services and technology. He also serves as the president of Retainer-Based Academy,…
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Join Owner of Creative Capital Wealth Mgmt Group in Two Webinars at Accredited Investors Virtual Expo
Frederick Hubler, owner and president of Phoenixville-based Creative Capital Wealth Management Group, will share investment strategies and discuss financial advice firms during two webinars hosted by MONEYSHOW’s Accredited Investors Virtual Expo. Hubler is an accomplished entrepreneur with a decades-long successful career in financial services and technology. He also serves as the president of Retainer-Based Academy,…
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Lead Investor Commits to Venture Fund from Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County
Daiichi Sankyo, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Japan, has committed to a $10 million lead investment in the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center’s Hatch Biofund, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal. The fund was established in 2019 by the Doylestown-based Baruch S. Blumberg Institute, which manages the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center, as a companion to the center’s incubator and bio-accelerator…
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C&N Grows Its Presence in Southeastern Pennsylvania as a Community Bank That Offers World-Class Services
“C&N is the only bank I need.” It’s a vision shared by C&N team members and speaks to the aspirational sentiment they strive to hear from their customers. Formerly known as Citizens & Northern Bank, C&N is based in Wellsboro, in Tioga County, and has a long, proud history that dates back to 1864. Throughout…
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Meridian Bank Adds Veteran of Finance, Wealth Management as Vice President of Business Development
Malvern resident Hank Oberly has joined Meridian Bank as Vice President of Business Development. In this new role, Oberly will be responsible for new business development and market growth in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. A graduate of Denison University in Ohio, Oberly has worked in finance and wealth management in the Philadelphia region for…
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Wiser Wealth: IRS Sets New Tax Filing Deadline, Here Is What You Need to Know About It
The Internal Revenue Service is postponing the tax filing and payment deadline for individuals from April 15 to May 17 for 2020 tax returns, writes Laura Saunders for The Wall Street Journal. This postponement applies strictly to individuals filing Forms 1040 and 1040-SR and does not affect corporate, partnership, or nonprofit tax returns deadlines. The…
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Bryn Mawr Trust to Merge with WSFS Bank, Solidify Its Preeminent Position in the Region
Bryn Mawr Trust has announced it will merge with WSFS Bank in a transaction valued at approximately $976.4 million. The combination of two of the high-performing, locally based financial services companies solidifies their preeminent position in the Greater Philadelphia region. With nearly $20 billion in assets and an approximately $43 billion Wealth Management business as…
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Industry-Leading Traffic Signals Company Gets a Green Light from Meridian Bank
When a company in Reading needed working capital to sustain its fast-growing business, Meridian Bank restructured its financing. Since then, the company has become a world leader in its industry, and its president was able to achieve his goal of owning the business. If you’ve ever driven through a construction zone guided by a portable…
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Wiser Wealth: As Pandemic Eases, Get Your Retirement Savings Back on Track
There have been a lot of financial stressors since the pandemic started, with some people even worrying how they will manage week to week. However, the long-term consequences are also weighing on people’s minds, particularly how a career slump this past year could impact retirement plans. Anne Tergesen delved into this for the Wall Street…
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Crazy About Money: Main Line Psychologist Helps People Understand Their Attitudes, Beliefs About Money
What a gift to fall into a flowering new career focus after 30 years of being a psychologist! The old truth of “follow the money” became for Dr. Baker the direct route to the discovery and development in her practice of a branch of psychology now known as financial therapy. Financial therapists help people examine…
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Bucks County Bank Set to Raise Over $100M in Offering to Take it Fully Public, Fuel Growth
William Penn Bank, headquartered in Bristol, expects to raise $126.5 million from its second-step conversion from a mutual holding company to a fully public stock holding company, reports Jeff Blumenthal in the Philadelphia Business Journal. The redefinition of its structure will create a new holding company: William Penn Bancorp. CEO Ken Stephon said half the raised capital raised will be allotted the holding company and half to the bank, to fund…
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Wiser Wealth: With Mortgage Rates Rising Homeowners Wonder if Now is the Time to Refinance
It’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day routine and put off making long-term decisions for another time. However, that makes it easy to get caught unprepared when your window of opportunity to make a decision suddenly starts closing. According to Julia Carpenter of the Wall Street Journal, the last year has seen a…
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Wiser Wealth: Is Bitcoin a Good Investment Right Now?
Thanks in part to Tesla CEO Elon Musk who recently announced that his company bought $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency has surged by over 370 percent over the past 12 months, writes Katie Brockman for The Motley Fool. While that makes it seem like an attractive investment, it is necessary to also look…
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C&N Announces Strategic Changes to Pursue Continued Growth and ‘Optimize Organization for the Future’
C&N – an independent, community bank with locations in New York and Pennsylvania, including in Paoli, Newtown, and Doylestown – has announced strategic organizational changes that will allow it to pursue continued growth in a fast-changing marketplace. “C&N has been on a multi-year journey to optimize our organization for the future,” said Brad Scovill, C&N’s…
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Wiser Wealth: Resist the Post-Vaccine “Revenge-spend” Urge
As we officially reach a year since COVID really began gaining momentum in America, many experts are talking about “pandemic fatigue.” Everyone craves a return to normalcy, and with there now being three FDA-approved vaccines, it looks like there may finally be an end in sight. However, analysts worry that the long deprivation from leisure…
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Bloomberg: See How Much You Need to join Ranks of Richest 1% in Different Countries
According to a Knight Frank’s study, the United States is in third place based on the minimum net wealth required to join the ranks of the richest 1%, but it is in top spot for the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, write Benjamin Stupples and Yoojung Lee for Bloomberg. Joining the ranks of the wealthiest is…
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