Members of the Frist family and banking powerhouse UBS are teaming up to change the way Nashville business leaders view diversity in their companies.

Billy and Jennifer Frist, along with UBS, have launched an initiative to show local companies the benefits of hiring employees on the autism spectrum, highlighting the benefits of an “untapped potential workforce.”

“[People on the autism spectrum] have trouble finding a job, but they're very capable of contributing to our society through companies…

A Mississippi bank has expanded its footprint into Alabama.

The First, A National Banking Association has merged with First Community Bank, following The First Bancshares Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FBMS) acquisition of First Community’s holding company, Southwest Banc Shares Inc.

The First, headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was the surviving bank, resulting in the bank’s expansion into the Mobile market with nine branches, including locations in Bay Minette, Theodore, Mobile, Gulf Shores, Orange…

Richard Jefferson, co-founder and CEO of Jacksonville’s Coastal Bank & Trust, didn’t set out to create the last bank startup in North Carolina. But that's what happened when Coastal opened its doors in April 2009.

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The investment in Strategic Solutions for Business, or SSB, adds to Strattam Capital's portfolio of small but profitable SaaS companies. SSB counts half of the National Football League teams among its clients.

The next new board member at San Antonio-based Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (NYSE: CFR) may be a prominent Houston attorney if shareholders approve the board of directors' suggestion.

Jarvis Hollingsworth, partner at Houston law firm Bracewell LLP, was nominated to to the board of the financial institution this week.

Hollingsworth is also the chairman of the board of trustees for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, which is the sixth-largest public pension trust with nearly $147 billion in assets.…

The mutual fund business continues losing assets as investors move massive amounts of money into lower-cost, passively managed index funds, but Buffalo Funds sees this as a trend that eventually will face a hard day of reckoning.

Based in Mission and founded in 1994 by John Kornitzer, Buffalo Funds is a series of 10 actively managed mutual funds. The shift toward passive investing the past few years has caused its assets under management drop from a peak of about $8 billion to about $4 billion…

California Treasurer and gubernatorial candidate John Chiang turned up the heat on Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan, calling for the long-time veteran of the bank to resign.

Chiang sought Sloan’s resignation in a letter sent to the bank March 1 after Wells (NYSE: WFC) said four directors are retiring at this year's annual meeting in April.

The retiring directors include three that Chiang had wanted off the board: Dignity Health CEO Lloyd Dean, Enrique Hernandez Jr., chairman and CEO of Inter-Con Security…

More than $2.5 million is going to two New Mexico-based nonprofits.

On Thursday, Birmingham, Alabama-based BBVA Compass gathered clients and other leaders from Homewise Inc. and the New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund to announce it was going to invest $2.8 million to the two organizations.

Homewise will receive $2.3 million, while The Loan Fund will get $500,000. According to BBVA spokeswoman Kimberly Tabor, Homewise plans to use the funds to offer more people a path to homeownership,…