HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — BB&T Scott & Stringfellow announced today it is opening its first office in Houston on the 16th floor at Two Allen Center, 1200 Smith St., on Dec. 1. The office, which is being opened by industry veterans Will Kopp and Chris Cookson, will be moving to a permanent location […]
Credit Cards Outpace Debit Cards and Cash as Most Popular Method of Payment During the Holidays RIVERWOODS, Ill. November 20, 2017 –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Despite concerns about identity theft and fraud, consumers don’t plan to curb their holiday shopping. An independent survey commissioned by Discover found that while 62 percent of consumers are very or moderately […]
Bank of America Crosses 5 Million Transactions in October CHARLOTTE, NC – November 20, 2017 – Bank of America today announced that its customers made more than 5 million Zelle® transactions, totaling $1.5 billion dollars in October, up 90 percent from person-to-person (P2P) transactions for the same period last year. The move to cashless shows no […]
U.S. Bank among first banks to use The Clearing House’s new real-time payments system. MINNEAPOLIS – NOVEMBER 14, 2017 – Yesterday, The Clearing House (TCH) launched RTP®, its real-time payments system, the first new core payments infrastructure in the U.S. in more than 40 years. The new RTP system was designed and built through the […]
Area Entrepreneurs Plan to Use Loan Funding to Invest in New Technology WASHINGTON, D.C. November 14, 2017 – As the year comes to a close, entrepreneurs in the greater Washington area are expecting strong year-end revenues, and they are projecting that growth to continue in the year ahead. According to the fall 2017 Bank of […]
Area Business Owners Most Likely to Offer Perks to Retain and Attract Employees SAN FRANCISCO November 14, 2017 – As the year comes to a close, the majority of San Francisco-area small business owners are confident that their year-end revenue will exceed that of 2016, and they are projecting that growth will continue into the year […]
Area Small Business Owners Pay the Highest Starting Wages Nationwide NEW YORK, NY – November 14, 2017 – As the year comes to a close, New York City area small business owners expect their 2017 revenue to exceed that of 2016, and they are focused on hiring and securing financing to accommodate growth in the year […]
Area Business Owners Most Likely to Project Revenue Increase in 2018 DALLAS/FORT WORTH – November 14, 2017 – As the year comes to a close, the majority of Dallas/Fort Worth-area small business owners expect 2017 revenue to exceed that of 2016, and they are projecting that growth to continue in the year ahead. According to the […]
Business Owners Attribute Growth to Hiring Employees With Specific Skills and Delivering New Products CHICAGO November 14, 2017 – As 2017 comes to a close, the majority of Chicago-area small business owners expect their year-end revenues to be higher than in 2016, and they are projecting that growth to continue in the year ahead. According to […]
Area Business Owners Most Likely to Give Charitably During the Holidays BOSTON November 14, 2017 – As the year comes to a close, the majority of Boston-area small business owners expect 2017 revenue to exceed that of 2016, and they are projecting that growth to continue in the year ahead. According to the fall 2017 Bank […]