Carter Bank unveils new, customer-focused brand identity

Carter Bank (NASDAQ:CARE), a leading community bank with branches throughout Virginia and North Carolina, including a location in Fayetteville, today unveiled a new brand identity centered around the customers and associates of Carter Bank and the co ...

Bank of America raises U.S. minimum hourly wage to $24, increasing starting salary to nearly $50K

Today, Sept. 10, Bank of America announced that it has raised its U.S. minimum hourlywage to $24 per hour, the latest step in the company’s commitment to $25 by 2025. With the increase, the minimum annualized salary for full-time employees in the U.S ...

Lumbee Guaranty Bank celebrates new building with ribbon cutting ceremony

Photo by GFBJLumbee Guaranty Bank (LGB) has officially welcomed the community into its now single Fayetteville location at 2939 Village Drive. The new location along what is known as “Banking Road” due to the amount of banks along the road, is the co ...

MU receives $8 million for new School of Medicine from Golden LEAF Foundation; real estate grants awarded to Bladen and Robeson Counties

Today (Thursday, Aug. 1), the Golden LEAF Board of Directors awarded a total of $18.9 million in funding across two Golden LEAF Programs and an $8 million for a special initiative. The Board awarded $1,300,000 to support four projects through the Ope ...

SBA announces new grant funding for Native American-owned small businesses

On July 19, 2024, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for America’s more than 33 million small businesses, announced a funding opportunity for Native Am ...

Bringing it all together: Lumbee Guaranty Bank is working to combine two Fayetteville locations into one to better serve customers

Lumbee Guaranty Bank’s new Fayetteville branch will be located at 2939 Village Drive. This new location will be better equipped to cater to customers with its ample parking and a drive up ATM. Photo provided by Lumbee Guaranty Bank. Lumbee Guara ...

Dogwood State Bank and Community First Bancorporation announce receipt of regulatory approvals for merger

Logo courtesy of Dogwood State BankDogwood State Bank and Community First Bancorporation, the parent holding company of Community First Bank, Inc., recently announced the receipt of all required regulatory approvals to complete the previously announc ...

Big help for small businesses: City of Fayetteville's Commercial Corridor Exterior Grant Program is working to revive and refresh small businesses

The Custom Concepts Body Works building located at 525 Cumberland St. is one example of successful utilization of the program. Funds can be used for paint jobs, window work and new signage for the businesses along with other exterior improvements. Ph ...

Dogwood State Bank celebrates five year anniversary; Fayetteville branch boasts growth over first year and a half in operation

Dogwood State Bank CEO Steve Jones and Regional President Greg Reames. Photo by GFJB.Dogwood State Bank, a North Carolina state-chartered community bank, is celebrating its five year anniversary. The bank’s CEO Steve Jones shared some statistics abou ...

Under new leadership: Soldier welcomes opportunity to lead in US Army chemical company on Fort Liberty

Newly remodeled Fayetteville Walmart Neighborhood Market reopens with innovative store transformation

New women-only fitness studio to open in Fayetteville

BJ's Wholesale Club's Southern Pines membership center opens this week

Town of Elizabethtown community celebrates grand opening of Brickhouse Seafood & Cafe