Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
More Relief from the CARES Act By Lisa White On March 27, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law. Since its inception, much of […]
Sticker Shock Business-interruption insurance should be a simple idea to explain. But in the era of COVID-19, it has become a thorny topic. “It is coverage that most businesses have […]
This Tax-relief Provision of the CARES Act Brings Advantages to Employers By Carolyn Bourgoin, CPA Businesses that either repaid in a timely fashion or did not receive a loan pursuant […]
Fight Back with Diligence, Communication, Monitoring, Education By Julie Quink, CPA, CFE In recent months, business owners have been faced with difficult business decisions and worries surrounding the financial and […]
Changes in Benefit Plans By Melissa English Audits of employee-benefit plans continue to evolve, and the pace of this evolution is unpredictable. Areas such as technology and skills continue to […]
Signs of the Times Hyman Darling says the calls started coming in several weeks ago. At first, there were a few, and then, as the news about the COVID-19 pandemic […]
A Pandemic Estate Plan By Gina M. Barry COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus, has arrived in our communities. While statistics show that many people will survive being infected, […]
Natural Transition In some ways, Kevin Day is no stranger to running Florence Bank — he was already overseeing about 90% of its departments as executive vice president, a series […]
Volatility Is the Order of the Day By Jean Deliso The market has acted like a roller coaster in recent months, up one day, down another — but where will […]
Deepening Its Roots When FieldEddy Insurance entered the HUB International family a little over five years ago, it traded a name with a rich regional history for one backed by […]
Beyond the Bottom Line Mark Lussier tells the story of a newly licensed driver backing out of her driveway in South Hadley who didn’t see the 85-year-old walking along the […]
This Measure Changes the Retirement Landscape in Several Ways It’s called the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, and it was signed into law just a few weeks […]
The State of Things By Jonathan Cohen-Gorczyca, CPA Very rarely do court cases related to state taxation make national news. South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. (2018) was a Supreme Court […]
Forward Progress Arrha President and CEO Mike Ostrowski says credit unions have in many ways filled the void left by many of the smaller community banks that have disappeared from […]
A ‘Natural Partnership’ Mike Matty says the talks with Chris Milne began roughly two years ago. And as they often do in such cases, these discussions were somewhat intermittent in […]
