Business owners looking to sell or transfer their business to a family member may have some tax decisions to make if the Biden administration gets its tax code revisions through Congress this year.

Over this past year, during the COVID crisis, many bank lobbies have been shuttered, making neighborhood banking seem like a thing of the past. But for small business owners, this crisis has brought home just how important it can be to have a strong partnership with a local bank.

On March 9th, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule clarifying that the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act means that lenders cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

Buyer demand continued to be the big story in the Lehigh Valley residential real estate market as early spring activity was brisk.

Stroudsburg-based ESSA Bank & Trust has made some management changes to its Lehigh Valley Commercial Banking team.

Brown has more than 30 years of experience in banking and has served as executive vice president of consumer services since 2018.

Souderton-based Univest Financial is opening its first location in Berks County.

The credit union, which has 57 branches, opened its newest in the Reading suburb of Shillington at 516 Lancaster Ave.

The local Bank On Coalition is a partnership of the City of Allentown, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, the Financial Literacy Center, the FDIC, People First, First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union and QNB Bank.