The deal would create a combined company with approximately $7.37 billion in assets.

Community Development Financial Institutions work in low-income communities to expand economic opportunity by providing access to financial products and services for local residents and businesses.

The Montclair-based firm is also eligible to receive up to approximately $87 million in potential future payments.

The institutions entered a definitive merger agreement valued at more than $94 million in December.

The Short Hills-based community bank expanded its team serving small- and mid-size enterprises with leaders for Central and South Jersey and New York.

The Garden State company making the biggest gains this year? That'd be Burlington Stores, which jumped 27 spots.

The financial institutions are each partnering with ZSuite Technologies to offer digital security deposit account management and automatic rent and condo fee payment solutions.

The global company, with an office in Short Hills, is providing flexible five-step framework tailored to the nature of the client’s business.

A survey of Garden State businesses revealed a variety of experiences with the federal relief program.

Organizations are incurring costs in providing help to their members seeking relief and, in turn, need financial support from big companies.

The Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and the New Jersey State Veterans Chamber of Commerce are two of 70 organizations nationwide to receive awards.

“With the current shift to online transactions, and limiting of human-to-human touch, today, more than ever, having a secure and reliable way of sending and receiving money is an integral part of daily life," said the bank's founder, president and CEO Gilles Gade.