Business Boys

Student entrepreneurs trade schoolbooks for bookkeepers Adam Guy and Brian Laoruangroch were too eager to…

Bank Art

Think of bank décor as a drab assortment of framed watercolor landscapes positioned on beige…

PYSK: Jennifer Thoma

Assistant Vice President, Audit, Asst. Security and BSA Compliance AGE: 32 JOB DESCRIPTION: As you…

Business Profile: eNet Payroll Services: The newest manifestation of serial entrepreneurship

Looking for the walking definition of serial entrepreneurship? Search no further than Clay Bethune’s office…

For what ails Columbia: “bubble-up” growth

When local business leader Dave Griggs watches the Hominy Branch Creek flow past The Links,…

We are being jerked around

There are jerks in every business. There are some bankers who are jerks. There are…

Sales tax stew overflowing, but road revenue deserves ‘yes’ vote

Considering the long lineup of funding requests that will be pitched to voters in the…

When the sun, the moon and the stars align….

How often do we speak of a specific time and place when despair suddenly becomes…

SBA and area banks create valuable partnership

Although we’ve all heard of Intel, Ben & Jerry’s and FedEx, you may not know…

FAST Money: High-tech services streamline shopping and banking

High-tech cards and phones could change the way you spend and manage your money New…

Exchange Bank changes name to Hawthorn, opens Columbia branch

Columbia’s newest banking center is a branch of one of the state’s oldest banks, but…

Columbia MSA deposit reports of top 10 banks

Local bank reports of inside of market deposits as of March 31, 2007. (Calculations may…