Banking & Finance

State and national dignitaries gathered Monday to mark Optus Bank’s growing role as a community lender and minority business supporter. The bank was founded in 1921 as Victory Savings Bank, the first black-owned bank in South Carolina. … Read More

Consumers who may have had personal and financial information compromised in a 2017 data breach have until Jan. 22 to file a claim in a class-action settlement. More than 2.3 million S.C. residents may have been affected. … Read More

At the annual University of South Carolina Economic Outlook Conference in Columbia, Darla Moore School of Business economists predicted continued growth in 2020, but not at the rate the economy has expanded in the past 10 years. … Read More

The Columbia-headquartered bank is one of 113 nationwide to receive a Bank Enterprise Award, recognizing investments in economically distressed communities, from the Community Development Financial Institution. … Read More

Coventry Edwards-Pitt, partner and chief wealth advisory officer at Ballentine Partners LLC, will share financial and life lessons from her book at an event hosted by the Central Carolina Community Foundation on Tuesday. … Read More