BBVA Compass brings entrepreneurship training program to Alabama
Local social entrepreneurs will have a chance to participate in upcoming training that could help expand their reach.
BBVA Compass launched its parent company’s BBVA Momentum accelerator program in the U.S. last year, and now it is expanding to cover its entire seven-state Sunbelt region footprint, which includes Alabama.
The program has been operating since 2011 in other countries throughout the global footprint of Madrid-based BBVA. Twenty entrepreneurs, all based in Texas, were chosen for…
Another corporate giant jumps on Nashville’s transit train
One of the groups touting Nashville's mass-transit push just received a boost thanks to the city's largest bank.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America recently donated $50,000 to Creating a More Mobile Community, a 501(c)(4) dedicated to boosting Metro's multibillion-dollar plan, the $2.3 trillion lender confirmed. Bank of America joins Vanderbilt University in donating to the nonprofit, with the university and its accompanying medical center donating a combined $200,000 in January.
Tyson Moore,…
Form D Friday: Dallas startup raising $2.5M to take blockchain beyond moving money
Dallas startup Preciate, which is using the ethereum blockchain to build relationships beyond moving cryptocurrencies, is raising funds from investors.
Regions recognized for board diversity
The diversity of Regions Financial Corp.’s board of directors has landed the company national recognition.
2020 Women on Boards, a nonprofit grassroots campaign committed to increasing the percentage of women who serve on boards, has named Regions a Winning “W” Company for 2017 for having 20 percent or more of its board seats held by women.
Regions’ board is currently 36 percent diverse based on gender, race, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
“We at 2020 Women on Boards congratulate Regions…
Local group hopes to help women play a bigger role in financial services
The gender pay gap has played big in the news this week, and the financial sector is one of the worst industries as far as equal pay and representation go.
According to the most recently available data from the Department of Labor, women in the industry make 52.5 percent of what men do, and they make up just 26.2 percent of the workforce.
Renee Milyiori works as a financial advisor at UBS Financial Services in Dublin.
“We’d go to these lunch meetings and there would be three women in 120 people,…
Century III Mall faces Sheriff’s sale from dispute over former Sears store
Stores remain open at Century III Mall despite upcoming Sheriff's sale.
City OKs Nordblom’s $200M redevelopment of former Boston Globe HQ
The Boston Planning and Development Agency on Thursday evening approved Nordblom Co.’s proposed rehabilitation of the former Boston Globe headquarters at 135 Morrissey Blvd. in Dorchester, a $200 million project that will bring 695,000 square feet of creative office and light industrial space online by 2019.
Dubbed “The BEAT” (Boston Exchange for Accelerated Technology) the property’s new owner aims to cater to “new economy” tenants — those working in robotics, automated vehicle technology,…
How these first-generation Americans are growing the family hotel business
The Comfort Inn and Suites being built in Scotia, New York, is the latest chapter in the American dream for the Modasra family.
EXCLUSIVE: Historic downtown Cincinnati building headed to auction
A historic office building in the heart of downtown Cincinnati is headed to the auction block.
Wells Fargo CEO: ‘I am confident that we are on the right path’
Wells Fargo & Co. is working to put its scandal woes behind it, as it reported higher-than-expected earnings this morning for the first quarter. Those earnings numbers, however, are subject to change after more regulatory review.