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National accounting firm accused of fraud affecting more than 1,500 SEC filings
One of the nation’s most prolific auditors, BF Borgers faces permanent suspension from practicing as accountants before the SEC and a total of $14 million in fines.
One of the nation’s most prolific auditors, BF Borgers faces permanent suspension from practicing as accountants before the SEC and a total of $14 million in fines.
Indianapolis was home to one of the system’s schools, the Art Institute of Indianapolis, from 2006 to 2018.
The U.S. government is weighing whether to treat Apple, Google and PayPal-owned Venmo more like banks—and regularly inspect some of their operations.
More worries about inflation and interest rates staying high knocked U.S. stocks lower on Tuesday, as the market closed out its worst month since September.
The FBI received more than 100,000 complaints by victims of scams over the age of 60 last year, with nearly 6,000 people losing more than $100,000.
The share of people older than 50 who say they do not expect to retire has steadily increased, according to the AARP study, which is conducted twice a year.
It’s the latest in a series of blows for ReJoyce and CEO Alexander Joyce, who gained attention locally through his frequent informercials but has faced numerous legal problems in recent years.
Since the start of the year, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues had said they were looking for more assurance that inflation was ticking steadily down. Instead, they’ve gotten the opposite.
Banks warned of risks in an environment of stubbornly high inflation and geopolitical clashes in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere.
Combined with a nearly 44% increase in the national median sale price of previously occupied homes between 2019 and 2023, elevated mortgage rates have made buying a home less affordable for many Americans.
Merrillville-based Centier Bank, which entered the Indianapolis market in 2011, is in the middle of a local growth spurt that includes three new branch locations and three additional relocations by early next year.
The IRS stopped processing new claims in September, but said it will likely resume processing sometime this spring.
Evansville-based Old National Bank disclosed Monday that it has placed its chief financial officer, Brendon Falconer, on leave. Falconer was charged last week with two counts of felony child molestation.
Overall, the discouraging picture has policymakers and economists keeping a close eye on small and midsize banks, which hold about 80 percent of the overall stock of commercial mortgage loans.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the economy’s strength means the Fed isn’t under pressure to cut rates and can wait to see how the inflation numbers come in.
Hetal Retail, an early-stage software developer based in New York City, has an unusual connection to the Hoosier state—its name was selected in part to honor the Indianapolis bank employee who helped the company get off the ground.
Instead of investing his victim’s money, the plea agreement says, Christopher Turean spent it on gambling and paying down a home equity loan.
In recent years, merchants have grown increasingly vocal about their opposition to credit card fees, which typically amount to about 2% of a purchase and totaled more than $100 billion last year.
A key question for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the 18 other officials on the Fed’s interest-rate-setting committee is how—or whether—recent inflation figures have altered their timetable for cutting rates.
The fabrics and crafts retailer, which has five Indianapolis-area stores, will become privately owned after emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.