Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
Developments of Interest By Mark Morris John Howland admits that the word ‘unprecedented’ is overused these days. But for him and others in the banking business, it seems like the […]
Know the Rules By James T. Krupienski, CPA At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early parts of 2020, the concern of business survival was the number-one […]
Doing the Math For accountants, the past 18 months have been a time of change, challenge, and adapting to everything from new ways of doing business to new responsibilities […]
Where There’s Smoke… By Kristina Drzal Houghton, CPA, MST The production and distribution of cannabis, once known to many only as marijuana, is the newest and most variegated industry […]
Stating Its Case Dave Glidden is no stranger to the Western Mass. banking community, and neither is the lending team he’s assembled to grow Liberty Bank — the Connecticut-based institution […]
Brokerage App Is a Dangerous Culmination of Intersecting Trends By Jeff Liguori It was supposed to democratize Wall Street — yet another DIY trend, this time with your hard-earned […]
Strike Against Hunger Paul Scully says he wants to “throw hunger a curveball.” And to the leaders of two Massachusetts food banks, it was a welcome pitch indeed. At its […]
Give and Take With five generations in today’s workforce, employee benefits are no one-size-fits-all proposition — yet, they remain a key issue for employers looking to attract and retain a […]
Selling Online? In the early days of e-commerce, states attempted to get out-of-state companies to collect sales tax on transactions into the state — without success. Enter the Supreme Court, […]
Cover Story As he talked about insurance, and also about the agency started by his grandfather almost 91 years ago, Bob Borawski drew a number of analogies to the banking […]
Death and Taxes By Jim Moran, CPA On April 28, the Biden administration released its FY 2022 revenue proposals. Along with raising the corporate tax rate to 28% and […]
Making Change As essential businesses that couldn’t shut down operations during the pandemic, banks and credit unions met some daunting challenges over the past year — both logistical and in […]
PV Financial Announces Two Additions to Team PV Financial Group recently welcomed two new members to its team — Antonio Bastos as retirement plan coordinator and Andrea Santos as digital […]
Crunching the Numbers The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was passed by the U.S. Congress by the narrowest of partisan margins, but its impact promises to be […]
Staying Ahead of the Scams By Julie Quink With the continued intensity created by the COVID-19 pandemic, business owners and individuals have continued to be victims of fraudulent activity […]
