According to the Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the figure meets its mandatory goal of 23 percent.

Elected officials, stakeholders and policymakers convened in Fort Lee for Growing New Jersey’s Fintech Ecosystem, a discussion examining the environment of the industry in the state, with a focus on the value it promotes and how to broaden opportunities.

At closing, the combined company is expected to have approximately $38 billion in assets, $30 billion in loans, $29 billion in deposits, and 245 branches across New Jersey, New York, Florida and Alabama.

Oliver Lewis will lead Commercial & Industrial and Middle Market activities in Central and South Jersey, in addition to parts of Pennsylvania.

Linda Bowden will serve a two-year term. She has been a member of the board since 2009 and has served on the executive committee since 2013.

As part of an initiative seeking to build an impact investment portfolio of $1 billion, the Newark-based company completed an investment in the Community Development Financial Institution, which offers credit-building loans to working families throughout the country.

The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019.

The Fort Lee-based institution is building its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions, and expanding its footprint westward, with Seed, an online, small business banking technology platform.

Meet the state's regional winners, who are now eligible for consideration for national honors from the assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services firm.