PSECU has added four senior leaders across marketing, product strategy, digital originations and technology. Amy Coates joined the Harrisburg-based credit union in July as director
Mike De Stefano was less than thrilled when a friend suggested he look for a role as CFO of an accounting firm “Why would I want to go work somewhere where everybody else is going to think they can do your job before you ever get there?,” De Stefano said of his initial reaction. But […]
For years, banks in Central Pennsylvania have been pushing into the Philadelphia market, led by lenders such as Lancaster-based Fulton Bank and Harrisburg-based Mid Penn Bancorp. A Philly-area bank is pushing back. Wilmington, Delaware-based WSFS Financial Corp. has opened a limited service office in the Lancaster area for its banking and wealth management subsidiaries, WSFS […]
A Cumberland County judge ruled yesterday against efforts to halt construction on the first phase of a $15 billion data center campus in Middlesex Township. Judge Matthew Smith also trimmed the underlying land-use appeal brought by the project’s opponents while voicing doubt as to its odds of success. “It does not appear from the record […]
Rachel Bitner, president- and CEO-elect of ENB Financial Corp., parent of The Ephrata National Bank, is slated to become chair of the bank’s board following the planned retirement of chair, president and CEO Jeffrey Stauffer at the end of this year. Stauffer, who has led the bank since 2020, announced in July his planned retirement […]
A second effort to find a developer interested in buying and building on a former Lancaster County airfield has come up empty. Columbia borough issued a request for proposals last month for the 41-acre McGinness Airfield property. But no one responded formally, and borough officials canceled a meeting yesterday where they had been hoping to […]
Premiums are set to jump by double digits for Pennsylvania residents and businesses that buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace. State insurance regulators trimmed the original increases sought by insurers after determining portions of the hikes were unwarranted. Nonetheless, premiums for individual plans will rise an average of nearly 16% in 2027, […]
A prominent office in downtown York could be the next building to undergo a residential transformation. York-based developer Royal Square Development and Construction has put the Wolf Building at 14 W. Market St. under contract and convinced city zoning officials to allow up to 50 apartments in the four-story office. Existing limits would have allowed […]
Ashley Lacis has joined RKL LLP as practice leader of a new senior living financial planning and analysis practice, part of the Lancaster-based advisory firm’s senior living services consulting group. Lacis will oversee the development and delivery of financial planning and analysis services to continuing care retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, memory care […]
In a speech last week in Pittsburgh, Gov. Josh Shapiro tried to stake out a middle ground in the raging national debate over regulating the most advanced forms of artificial intelligence. Advocates of stricter regulation warn unrestrained development could end in the destruction of humanity. Opponents say the fears are overblown and that onerous regulation […]