NEW ORLEANS - The Wealth Edit, an online community dedicated to helping women navigate the world of personal finance, will be hosting an all-day launch event on Thursday, Nov. 19 in New Orleans. Co-founded by Birmingham, Ala. natives Lauren Pearson…
NEW ORLEANS - The Urban League of Louisiana’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will host a webinar titled "Women of Color & Wealth: The Road to Financial Independence and Resilience," sponsored by AARP Louisiana. The session will start at 10…
NEW ORLEANS - EdgeCo Holdings announced that GWM Advisors LLC (“Goss Advisors”) will join EdgeCo’s wealth division, which includes the wealth management operations of Mid Atlantic Capital Group Inc. (“Mid Atlantic”). Goss Advisors is a New Orleans-based registered investment advisor…
BATON ROUGE - Average residents of Louisiana will spend $943,258 during their retirement years, in a state where the cost of living is 10.9 percent less than the national average, according to a new study from the website 24/7 Wall…
NEW YORK (AP) - Job loss, business failure, involuntary retirement, divorce, disability or the death of a breadwinner — these are just some of the ways our finances can force us to come up with a Plan B. That’s never…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers increased their borrowing in September, helped by the first gain in the category that covers credit cards in seven months. The Federal Reserve reported that total borrowing rose by $16.2 billion in September, rebounding after…
NEW ORLEANS - Benson Capital Partners announces its first investment from its recently launched fund, Benson Capital Fund I, in AxoSim, Inc., a New Orleans-based neurological drug discovery platform company. AxoSim’s proprietary technologies, NerveSim and BrainSim, are designed to empower scientists…
WASHINGTON, D. C. - The average credit score in Louisiana is 664, which ranks third lowest in the U.S., according to personal-finance website WalletHub, which analyzed the average credit scores of residents in all 50 states and just released its…
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks are slumping sharply in afternoon trading Monday and deepening last week’s losses, as a troubling climb in coronavirus counts threatens the global economy. The sell-off comes as doubts mount on Wall Street that Washington…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – First Horizon National Corp. has reported third quarter 2020 net income available to common shareholders of $523 million, with earnings per share of $0.95. Third quarter 2020 results reflect the impact of the July 1, 2020, IBERIABANK…
RUSTON, La. - Argent Financial Group has promoted Taryn Clark to communications director. She will be responsible for leading Argent’s communications efforts. Based in Oklahoma City, Clark previously served as marketing and communications manager for Argent’s Heritage Trust division. She…
NEW ORLEANS - Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business released the second edition of the Greater New Orleans Startup Report, an annual comprehensive overview of the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The 2020 survey, which was expanded to more accurately…
NEW ORLEANS - As Hurricane Delta approached the southwest Louisiana coast, New Orleanians were thankful for another near miss and hoped for the best for their neighbors. Meanwhile, it was another Biz-y week of news: Phase 3 Restrictions to Stay…
NEW ORLEANS - Malcolm Jenkins has teamed with fellow NFL players to launch a venture capital fund. The three-time Pro Bowl safety and two-time Super Bowl champion launched Broad Street Ventures on Wednesday. The fund focuses on late stage and…
NEW ORLEANS - More than 1,000 investors will convene Oct. 14-17 for the 46th Annual New Orleans Investment Conference. This year's event will take place online. Called “The Greatest Investment Show on Earth” by Money Magazine, this four-day conference will…
BATON ROUGE – b1BANK President and CEO Jude Melville announced today the addition of Carol Calkins to the board of directors of b1BANK and its parent company Business First Bancshares Inc. Calkins is a certified public accountant and joins the…
NEW ORLEANS - It was a relatively subdued week in New Orleans for more reasons than one. Despite a soaking from Beta, no major storms threatened the metro area. Saints fans were downcast after the team's humbling Monday night loss.…
NEW ORLEANS – Freddie Mac has named NOLA Lending Group as one of the winners of its Home Possible RISE Awards. The annual Recognizing Individual for Sustained Excellence program salutes Freddie Mac’s top clients across multiple categories for excellence with…
METAIRIE, La. - The Jefferson Chamber's virtual LiveWell Jefferson Worksite Wellness Summit, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, will celebrate a culture of health and wellness among the business community and residents of Jefferson Parish. Participants will increase…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve policymakers will meet this week for the first time since they significantly revised the Fed's operating framework in ways that will likely keep short-term interest rates near zero for years to come. As a result,…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Argent Trust Company announced today that it has named Jeff Bradley as senior vice president of institutional services in the Birmingham office. He will report to Mark Milton, director of institutional services at Argent Trust. Bradley will…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer borrowing rose by a solid 3.6% in July, the second monthly gain after the coronavrius pandemic had sent consumer borrowing down sharply in the previous three months. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday that the 3.6%…
NEW ORLEANS - Nearly nine in 10 Americans say COVID-19 has triggered stress on their personal finances. For the second year in a row, Financial advice website SmartAsset has crunched the numbers to find the cities with the most financial…
NEW ORLEANS – Airfoil Angels, a Gulf South-based angel investor firm, said it is actively searching for entrepreneurs and ventures that need seed, startup and growth capital. Airfoil Angels said it looks at all deals regardless of industry, deal size,…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Each month, online lending marketplace LendingTree analyzes the number of new business applications and the percentage of business applications by high-propensity businesses filed in each state to find areas where small businesses are growing, compared to the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages rose this week though they remain at historically low levels. The key 30-year loan nudged toward 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year home…
RUSTON, La. – Argent Financial Group, which is headquartered in Ruston and has offices in 12 states, announced today that J. Aaron (A.J.) Jack has been named executive officer of Argent’s Oklahoma City-based subsidiary, Heritage Trust Company. “I am pleased…
NEW ORLEANS - The picture on the front page of the paper says it all: a former New Orleans bakery worker is now earning a few dollars an hour holding up one of those signs on the street to capture…
NEW YORK (AP) - Behavioral economist Dan Ariely and his colleagues at Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight have a pact. Every week, the group of 50 people picks one small business in Durham, North Carolina, and each person spends…
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street Tuesday, edging the S&P 500 closer to the all-time high it hit in February, before the coronavirus pandemic knocked the market into a steep plunge. The S&P 500 was…
