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Finance

  • By Laura Lyon
  • April 10, 2025
Tampa banker pleads guilty in embezzlement case, agrees to $122K

The charges could add up to 30 years in federal prison

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • April 7, 2025
Bank of Tampa new hire to spearhead digital banking

The new chief digital officer is a transplant from Kansas.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • April 1, 2025
Tampa cybersecurity firm reaches $3.4B valuation milestone

ReliaQuest is now considered a "triple unicorn" after the latest funding round.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • March 29, 2025
Sarasota County EDC uses AI, other tools to overcome slashed funds

The Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County finds positive ways to combat budget cuts. "Although nobody ever wants to face a budget cut, we were already … building our efficiencies," the CEO says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 25, 2025
Tampa-based AI mortgage platform surpasses $5B in loans

More than 11,000 loans have processed since Toorak Capital Partners launched the platform.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 22, 2025
Tampa investment firm surpasses $1 billion in assets

The milestone comes after closing a second round of funding.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 18, 2025
Tampa financial services group acquires CPA firm

The William Stanley CFO Group, a Tampa-based financial services company, announced the purchase of another local firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 11, 2025
St. Petersburg bank reaches billion-dollar milestone

The achievement comes nearly four years after the bank’s inception.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 8, 2025
Polk County’s SouthState completes $457 million sale of branches

The Winter Haven bank sold the branches in six states to a New York investor but is leasing them back.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 6, 2025
$2.9B Pinellas credit union names first new CEO in nearly two decades

The new leader has a history of executive credit union roles.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • March 5, 2025
$5B trust company celebrates low turnover

A trust company with clients throughout the region has built a model of longevity — in clients and employees — by starting with a core principle: Always do the right thing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 3, 2025
Large Tampa office complex lands major tenant, nears full occupancy

The new tenant is expanding into three buildings on campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 3, 2025
'Two-tour' FL senator begins next chapter: CEO of $300M family office

Former politician Tom Lee has gone from homebuilding to wealth building.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • February 27, 2025
Growth in Florida economy to slow over next 5 years: Report

The Florida TaxWatch forecast examines economic indicators from population growth to unemployment.

  • Florida
  • By Laura Lyon
  • February 19, 2025
Tampa venture capital firm invests in govtech startup

It's the firm’s first leap into the government sector

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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