• Bala Cynwyd’s Fastax Financial Services Celebrates 25 Successful Years

    Bala Cynwyd’s Fastax Financial Services Celebrates 25 Successful Years

    Carol A. Robinson, founder, president and CEO of Fastax Financial Services which has an office in Bala Cynwyd, is celebrating twenty-five successful years, writes Ayana Jones for The Philadelphia Tribune. Robinson launched Fastax after leaving her corporate career as a tax accountant and financial systems manager at Sun Co. This gave her a strong client…

  • MONTCO Careers – Accolade

    MONTCO Careers – Accolade

    Based in Plymouth Meeting, Accolade is an on-demand healthcare concierge with a team of compassionate, exceptional professionals supported by breakthrough science and technologies designed to guide people through the healthcare system in a deeply personalized manner. Software Development Engineer II This position develops web applications in JavaScript using tools such as Node, npm, and Koa, marries business…

  • Montco’s BB&T Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves to Improve Communities One Project at a Time

    Montco’s BB&T Employees Roll Up Their Sleeves to Improve Communities One Project at a Time

    By Chris Cooper BB&T Bank – based in Winston-Salem, N.C. – arrived in Pennsylvania through its recent purchases of Susquehanna Bank and National Penn Bank, and now operates 17 branches here in Montgomery County. Known officially as Branch Banking and Trust Company, BB&T is a mission-driven organization with a strong commitment to serving communities. “What…

  • First Data’s Acquisition of CardConnect Finalized

    First Data’s Acquisition of CardConnect Finalized

    First Data‘s acquisition of King of Prussia’s CardConnect has been completed, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. First Data paid $750 million, or $15 per outstanding share, for the Montgomery County payment processor in a deal that was first announced at the end of May. CardConnect processes nearly $26 billion in transactions each year…

  • MONTCO Careers – Univest

    MONTCO Careers – Univest

    Univest, with more than 50 offices throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, is a vital, growing community bank and full-service financial services provider including insurance, wealth management, mortgage banking, equipment financing, and more. Payroll Specialist (Souderton) This position processes and balances biweekly payroll through ADP, serves as system administrator for all ADP products, and develops HRIS and payroll…

  • Blue Bell’s Unisys Looking to Benefit from Army’s Migration to Cloud Computing

    Blue Bell’s Unisys Looking to Benefit from Army’s Migration to Cloud Computing

    The U.S. Army’s planned migration to cloud computing could be very profitable for Blue Bell’s Unisys, writes Michelle Caffrey for Philadelphia Business Journal. Unisys is one of 50 companies participating in the Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation Basic Ordering Agreement worth $247 million. ACCENT BOA is a three-year blanket purchasing agreement that allows enterprise applications…

  • Five Decades of Lower Merion’s Steve Goodman Helping Local Entrepreneurs Achieve Success

    Five Decades of Lower Merion’s Steve Goodman Helping Local Entrepreneurs Achieve Success

    Steve Goodman has been helping promising young entrepreneurs for decades, including Monetate’s Lucinda Duncalfe, writes Juliana Reyes for Technical.ly. The CEO of the Conshohocken company got her first business, Destiny Software, off the ground in 1996 with Goodman’s help. “Steve was one of two people who mentored me, made introductions, and taught me how the…

  • Bala Cynwyd’s Hamilton Lane Acquires Portland’s Real Asset Portfolio Management

    Bala Cynwyd’s Hamilton Lane Acquires Portland’s Real Asset Portfolio Management

    Bala Cynwyd’s alternative investment management firm Hamilton Lane has acquired Real Asset Portfolio Management of Portland, writes Jeff Blumenthal for Philadelphia Business Journal. During the announcement, Hamilton Lane said that the full RAPM team will join the combined firm in their current roles. Hamilton Lane currently has over $342 billion in total assets under management.…

  • MONTCO Careers – Bryn Mawr Trust

    MONTCO Careers – Bryn Mawr Trust

    Bryn Mawr Trust, with multiple locations in the greater Philadelphia area and Delaware, has focused on helping individuals, families, businesses and organizations create, manage, preserve and transfer wealth since 1889. Financial Reporting Accountant II This position prepares quarterly earnings releases for review and approval, assists in the preparation of SEC filings and reports, and researches…

  • Ardent Credit Union Recognized for Logo Design, Branch Merchandising

    Ardent Credit Union Recognized for Logo Design, Branch Merchandising

    Ardent Credit Union was recently honored by The Marketing Association of Credit Unions (MAC) in Austin, Texas, with the Gold Award for Branch Merchandising and the Silver Award for Logo Design. MAC is composed of marketers, for marketers, by marketers, and is the only association run 100 percent by a volunteer board of directors. The…

  • MONTCO Careers – Monetate

    MONTCO Careers – Monetate

    Headquartered in Conshohocken, Monetate provides multi-channel personalization to the world’s best brands through its easy-to-use platform that allows marketers to create, test, and deploy an unlimited number of personalized digital experiences without writing code or involving IT resources. Director of Digital Marketing This position maintains and improves the recently re-launched company website, develops and executes social media…

  • SEI Hosts 10th Annual Rush Hour Run, Raises $23,000 for Local Charities

    SEI Hosts 10th Annual Rush Hour Run, Raises $23,000 for Local Charities

    SEI – a leading provider of investment processing, management, and operations solutions – recently hosted its 10th annual Rush Hour Run, a 5K race that draws 500 participants for a scenic route along the Perkiomen Creek Trail. The event has experienced tremendous success over the last decade, raising more than $150,000 and donating proceeds to…

  • MONTCO Careers – TruMark Financial Credit Union

    MONTCO Careers – TruMark Financial Credit Union

    Headquartered in Fort Washington, TruMark Financial Credit Union is a leader in the credit union industry for people who live, work, worship, volunteer, or attend school in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. AVP/Assistant Controller This position ensures the accuracy of the general ledger accounts and associated financial statements, prepares various statistical and financial reports in…

  • Expert Technology Associates to Implement Comcast’s SD-WAN

    Expert Technology Associates to Implement Comcast’s SD-WAN

    Plymouth Meeting’s Expert Technology Associates is planning to make full use of Comcast’s new SD-WAN to benefit its customers, writes Gina Narcisi for CRN. A number of ETA’s customers are already considering switching to SD-WAN. When combined with Comcast’s Gigabit speeds, the new SD-WAN system will be very attractive to businesses looking to move applications…

  • MONTCO Careers – Radial, Inc.

    MONTCO Careers – Radial, Inc.

    Headquartered in King of Prussia, Radial, Inc. is a multinational e-commerce company, providing order management, payment processing, order routing, fulfillment, and analytics services for companies such as GameStop, DSW, Shoe Carnival, and Destination XL. Fraud Analyst This position reviews queued transactions using a wide array of fraud tools to determine validity, identifies fraud trends by analyzing order…

  • MONTCO Careers – SofterWare

    MONTCO Careers – SofterWare

    Headquartered in Horsham, SofterWare is a Microsoft Certified Development Partner that specializes in developing software for vertical markets – primarily nonprofit organizations, private and public schools, childcare centers, and camps. Program Manager/Business Analyst This position supervises the mobile development team, performs HR responsibilities for the team including annual and mid-year reviews, schedules and manages work items and…

  • Penn Community Bank to Acquire Chelten Hills Savings Bank

    Penn Community Bank to Acquire Chelten Hills Savings Bank

    Penn Community Bank is planning to expand into Montgomery County through the acquisition of Chelten Hills Savings Bank in Abington, writes Alison Burdo for Philadelphia Business Journal. The addition of Chelten Hills will bring Penn Community Bank to a total of 24 branches and two administrative centers. Penn Community also announced that lease negotiations are…

  • Montgomery County Sells Series A and B Bonds of 2017, Maintains Solid Bond Rating

    Montgomery County Sells Series A and B Bonds of 2017, Maintains Solid Bond Rating

    Montgomery County has announced the results of a competitive bond sale offering of $62.3 million in Series A and B bonds at a recent Board of Commissioners meeting. Six bidders offered submissions with Mesirow Financial, Inc. offering the lowest rate of 2.752 percent. The difference between the highest and lowest bids was only 0.062 percent.…