Banking & Finance

Many Fintech companies in the Lowcountry are growing their workforces and securing investments as they use software to automate financial services. … Read More

Charleston attorney John Kern, who was charged by the SEC in 2013 with aiding and abetting a financier with fraud, was suspended from practicing law for 18 months by the S.C. Supreme Court for professional misconduct. … Read More

Chase is opening new offices and hiring local bankers in Charleston to serve small and midsize businesses in the area. The company has not decided how many bankers it will hire and is currently looking for permanent office space. … Read More

Tennessee-based Pinnacle Financial Partners has named Mickey Renner the bank’s new regional president for the South Carolina coast, taking over for Charlie Rivers, who retired earlier this year. … Read More

A Charleston County probate judge suspended Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg from managing the finances of a 92-year-old former neighbor after discovering that he took out what appear to be personal loans from her accounts. … Read More