Advises insurance companies and financial institutions to protect systems against increasing cyber risks, among other actions March 17, 2022 The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance today ordered insurance companies, financial institutions and other entities it regulates to comply fully with sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus by the …
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Inflation – the rise in consumer prices – is a slow erosion of your money over time. Prior to 2021, the United States had not seen annual underlying inflation well above 3% for nearly 25 years, says Michael Ashton, managing director of Enduring Investments, an investment and advisory firm in …
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NEWARK, NJ – An Essex County, New Jersey man was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for conspiring to obtain mortgages to finance the sale of properties to unqualified buyers, fraud in securities by tricking a victim into investing more than $1.2 million in real estate businesses under false …
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Read More »Early Financial Literacy Lessons Can Put Students on the Right Path for Life
Every high school student must take courses in physical education, fine arts, and social studies to graduate from Montgomery County Public Schools. It is time that financial literacy was also required for graduation. It is exciting that MCPS and district leaders are taking notice and that there is a stronger …
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More than half a million small businesses call Missouri home and in turn employ some 1.2 million Missourians according to the SBA Advocacy Office. Small business loans are essential for many new and existing businesses, as well as those struggling to survive the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. If …
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Read More »Community foundation pledges $25,000 for financial empowerment
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Read More »nCino Completes Acquisition of Mortgage Software Provider
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Read More »Lindabury Donates Christmas Gifts to the Boys & Girls Club of Union County
Staff from the law firm Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper, PC, came together to bring the holiday spirit to the children of the area. Together, they purchased 90 toys to give as Christmas gifts to children served by the Boys and Girls Club of Union County. The mission of the …
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Read More »Loan Officer Admits To Participating In Large Scale Mortgage Fraud Scheme | USAO-NJ
NEWARK, NJ – A loan officer at a mortgage company today admitted his role in a long-standing, large-scale mortgage fraud scheme, acting U.S. lawyer Rachael A. Honig said. Isaac DePaula, 41, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas of the Newark Federal Court to Count 1 of an indictment …
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A New Jersey man who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from Covid relief funds – in part by forging a US government check for $ 1,886.87 to read $ 211,886.87 – was sentenced this week to more than two years in prison and ordered to reimburse the money. Bernard …
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Read More »Middlesex Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail for Paycheck Protection Program and Obtaining Funds from Stolen and Altered US Treasury Checks | USAO-NJ
TRENTON, NJ – A man in Middlesex County, New Jersey was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for fraudulently receiving Payment Protection Program (P3) funds and depositing a stolen US Treasury check and tampered with, Acting Prosecutor Rachael A. Honig announced today. Bernard Lopez, 40, had already pleaded guilty …
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Read More »LendingClub Endorses Small Business Truth in US House and Senate Loan Bill
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Read More »Cross River Acquires Small Business Software Provider Betterfin
November 2, 2021 Cross River Bank, the Fort Lee-based technology-driven financial services organization, announced the acquisition of Betterfin, a financial platform that provides small business owners with access to a wide range of products and services. financial solutions, capital market data and manage their own loans. and cash flow processes. …
Read More »First Bank Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend Increase
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Read More »Washington recovers $ 500,000 in stolen unemployment benefits from bank where fraudsters funneled millions more
Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times A New Jersey bank has agreed to return nearly $ 500,000 of accounts believed to have been used in last year’s $ 650 million unemployment fraud in Washington, DC’s attorney general’s office said on Friday. State. But the money – $ 495,937.70 – from …
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NEWARK – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey has announced its partnership with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division as it launches the department’s new anti-redlining initiative. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid providing services to people living in communities of …
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NEW YORK (CBSNew York) – The Biden administration is trying to stop tax evasion and is offering to do so by forcing banks to report your account information to the IRS, but many financial institutions balk at the idea. From Vermont to Mississippi, banks across the country are issuing calls …
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Read More »Black business pioneer honored in Germantown
Sign up for our daily email newsletter to stay up to date with the latest local news across Philadelphia. Over 100 years ago, a Victorian building in Germantown was the bustling seat of one of the country’s richest black entrepreneurs. John S. Trower, born before slavery ended, moved to Philadelphia …
Read More »New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Joins MDI Innovation Committee to Help Modernize Technology in Minority Depository Institutions
HICKSVILLE, NY, September 30, 2021 / PRNewswire / – New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: NYCB) (the âCompanyâ) today announced that it has joined the new Minority Depository Institutions Innovation Committee (the âCommitteeâ) . The committee will serve as a vital avenue for modernizing the technological capabilities of minority depositories, …
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Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2021 | 4 a.m. Updated 1 hour 39 minutes ago Since the start of 2020, companies from Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to Google and Twitter have pledged billions of dollars to support entrepreneurs of color. However, not all of those dollars go straight …
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Property bought by a Jersey City mayoral candidate is linked to a local man indicted in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme, but Lewis Spears says he never met the seller and was not aware of the criminal charges against Anthony Garvin in 2019. The US Department of Justice alleges …
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At least 40 climate activists were arrested on Friday at the New York offices of JPMorgan Chase, Citibank and Bank of America, organizers said, as activists across the United States called on financial institutions to stop supporting destruction of the planet. “We need our heads of government to act immediately …
Read More »OpenLegacy’s Digital Integration Platform Delivers 353% Return on Investment According to New Total Economic Impact Study | Business
PRINCETON, NJ – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Sep 15, 2021– OpenLegacy, which turns monolithic mainframe systems into cloud-native innovation building blocks, today announced the results of a recently released Total Economic Impact (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The study determined that OpenLegacy’s digital integration platform delivers a 353% return on …
Read More »Unlicensed Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty To Siphoning $ 4.74 Million In Refi Proceeds
An unlicensed mortgage broker faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to a fraud scheme in which $ 4.74 million in mortgage refinancing proceeds was transferred to accounts controlled by the perpetrators. The scheme left the victims with two mortgages on their homes, and several were eventually …
Read More »Volante Technologies sees US RTP connections set to triple within year
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A new intelligence report published by HTF MI with the title “Worldwide Commercial Cyber Insurance Market Survey & Outlook” is designed to cover the micro level of analysis by insurers and business segments, offerings and channels key sales. Worldwide Commercial Cyber Insurance offers energetic visions to determine market size, opportunities, …
Read More »New study shows cash remains a mainstay for both consumers
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Last June, eight guys from Brooklyn came to an agreement, according to the US Department of Justice, and devised a scheme to steal the identities of strangers and take what was not theirs. Just months before that – in the early days of the fear of COVID-19 – Congress passed …
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Read More »Indecomm announces a year of growth, innovation and record achievements
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Read More »Westerville man pleads guilty in federal court to fraud scheme
A Westerville man was among three people who admitted their role in a multi-state scheme to defraud millions of dollars from financial institutions. Syed Abbas, 32, also known as “Sonny Shah,” pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud for crimes that …
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Between personal bank accounts filled with stimulus dollars and relief programs strengthening corporate balance sheets, loan growth has been lackluster for financial institutions over the past year. But bank executives say that could change – and sooner than expected. Banks are already posting record profits in the first quarter of …
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The paycheck protection program brought the promise of funds and forgiveness. It was too tempting to pass up some companies that really should have let it pass. Thomas L. Hofstetter, a banking attorney at a Florham Park-based law firm, said enforcement agencies in the country’s Treasury Department and Small Business …
Read More »New Jersey man sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for $ 3.5 million bank fraud scheme | USAO-MD
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow today sentenced Mehul Khatiwala, 37, of Voorhees, New Jersey, to 63 months in federal prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to committing bank fraud and for three counts of bank fraud, as part of schemes to fraudulently …
Read More »Lawmakers and Advocates Urge NJ Assembly to Act Quickly and End Racial and Economic Bias in Setting Auto Insurance Rates
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There is a trap at the heart of America’s financial system: To get credit, you must already have established a credit history. Millions of Americans never find a way around the contradiction and, as a result, are excluded from things like credit cards or student loans that the rest of …
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Trade frictions with the United States have slowed China’s growth. While the economy appears to have bottomed out on support from stimulus measures, it remains burdened by a major problem reported by many in recent years: excess corporate liabilities and bad bank loans. A financial crisis in China could deal …
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Greater Alliance offers several refinancing options, with different terms, including 10, 15, 20 and 30 year mortgages. The credit union, which serves customers in Passaic and Bergen counties, also offers a variable rate loan. Are you looking to lower your monthly bills, while possibly reducing your long-term debt? Greater Alliance …
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Why are we talking about a public credit register? For large businesses, which have tax filing records, public financial statement history, etc., getting loans from banks is a routine matter. But for most small entrepreneurs, due to the lack of transparency and credit history, obtaining loans from the formal system …
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