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Hadley Robbins tripled his compensation in his new role.

The passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law before Christmas, comes at a good time for the firm, which has been growing its tax arm since it acquired Oahu-based WR Consulting Inc. last summer.

First Horizon National Corp. continues to execute its bonefish strategy.

The Memphis-based financial services provider released its first quarter 2018 results Friday, April 13, with earnings per share of $0.27 reported ($0.34 on an adjusted basis), which represented a 17 percent increase from Q1 2017.

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Focus remains on the implementation of First Horizon’s bonefish — a visual representation of the company’s goals and strategies created in 2009 — as…

Bitcoin spiked more than 17 percent against the dollar in just one day.

On Friday morning, the crypto currency climbed back up above $8,000 for the first time in two weeks, with an $8,110 value at the time of writing.

While we keep a close eye on how the currency does heading into the weekend, here's a look at the top news stories from the past five days.

Sunday, April 8: Bitcoin’s “rogue Twitter account” — @Bitcoin — was banned. This wasn't the first time the user was reprimanded by…

Pittsburgh's biggest bank expanding middle-market franchise and capitalizing on brand awareness, CEO says during 1Q earnings call.

She was most recently the chief operating officer at Pentagon Federal Credit Union.

Bank of the Ozarks expects one-time expenses of between $15 million and $25 million due to its planned named change.

The Little Rock, Arkansas-based bank, one of the larger retail banks in the Tampa Bay area, said last month it would change its name to Bank OZK, pending approval by shareholders in May as well as the Arkansas State Bank Department.

Assuming approval, the name change will take effect on or about July 16, Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) said in prepared management comments as part…

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…

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.

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Dallas startup Preciate, which is using the ethereum blockchain to build relationships beyond moving cryptocurrencies, is raising funds from investors.