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SBA awards Syracuse University grant funding for service-disabled veteran entrepreneurship training
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded Syracuse University a $100,000 service-disabled veteran entrepreneurshiptraining program grant (SDVETP). The funding will target the

Tioga State Bank opens investment-services office in renovated Owego building
OWEGO, N.Y. — Tioga State Bank on Friday formally opened the new location of its Tioga State Investment Services unit in a newly renovated building

Generations Bank CEO appointed to National Consumer Financial Protection Bureau advisory council
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. — Generations Bank announced that Menzo Case, president and CEO, has been appointed to the Community Bank Advisory Council of the Consumer

KeyBank names Holcomb, Madigan CNY area retail leaders
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — KeyBank announced that it has named Jason Holcomb and Michael Madigan, Jr. area leaders for retail banking for the Central New York

People news: Key Private Bank names King sales manager
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Key Private Bank announced that it has named John H. King sales manager for the Central New York market. King, a VP

SBA adds veterans’ business outreach center near Albany
WATERVLIET, N.Y. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched a veterans’ business-outreach center (VBOC) in Watervliet in the Capital region. The VBOC at

NBT Bancorp hires Walsh as finance manager
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bancorp announced it has hired Rebekah Walsh as VP and finance manager. In this position, she will assist with management of

NBT Bank Syracuse has promoted KAREN D’EREDITA, branch manager of the bank’s East Syracuse office, to assistant VP. She has 26 years of retail-banking experience. D’Eredita joined NBT Bank in 2013 as branch manager of NBT Bank’s East Syracuse office after NBT Bank and Alliance Bank merged. She was employed by Alliance Bank for five

Wells Fargo opens middle-market office in Albany area, led by Le Moyne alum
ALBANY, N.Y. — Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) recently announced it has opened its first middle-market banking office in the Capital Region. Wells Fargo

People news: Burton and LoPresti begin new roles at NBT
NORWICH, N.Y. — NBT Bank announced it has named Brian Burton manager of the bank’s Norwich office on South Broad Street. Pegi LoPresti, who formerly
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