The state has begun achieving the double-digit income tax revenue growth that financial analysts have said is desperately needed for the Murphy administration to avoid spending cuts in the coming months.

Currently, legal cannabis businesses can be denied access to the banking system because banks can be prosecuted under federal law. Cannabis remains a federally scheduled substance, even in states where it is medically or recreationally legal.

During the U.S. Small Business Administration New Jersey district office’s 2018 fiscal year this Cherry Hill based lender approved 851 loans for $90 million to small businesses in New Jersey, making it – for the fifth consecutive year – the office’s top lender.

Chuck Brousseau has been named chief operations officer for Prudential Group Insurance, Jessica Gillespie has been promoted to succeed Brousseau as the head of distribution, and Tim Weber has joined the company as vice president, voluntary benefits distribution and workplace markets.

Together the firms will manage about $3.5 billion in assets while providing wealth management solutions to individuals, families and institutions.

A new study from financial technology company SmartAsset finds that New Jersey ranks as the state with the seventh highest average tax refunds for the second year in a row.

Rosenfield and Co. is strengthening its position in the automotive industry with the addition of a new partner, and the expansion of the firm’s footprint to Metro Park.

The state is seeking to more than double the amount of money it makes off the enforcement and regulation of its securities and investment industries by increasing some of the fees as much as five-fold.

On Monday, the Rutgers Center for Women and Work at the School of Management and Labor Relations announced that although the Garden State is on par with national statistics, our overall pay equity ranking nationwide is No. 25.

Gregory Smith joins Peapack-Gladstone Bank from Capital One Bank where he served as the group sales executive for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for the past seven years.