Banking & Finance

More than 1,000 people have pleaded guilty or have been convicted on federal charges of defrauding the myriad COVID-19 relief programs that Congress established in the early days of the pandemic.

Though a mild recession this year is still a common prediction among experts, Jeffrey Koonce with Baton Rouge-based Bernhard Capital Partners says he’s “bullish” on the long-term prospects for Louisiana’s economy. 

The House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill today to pour $45 million from state surplus funds into the Insure Louisiana Fund after pleas from Republican Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, State Rep. Timothy Kerner, R-Lafitte, and industry advocates. 

The U.S. government may have awarded roughly $5.4 billion in coronavirus aid to small...

Prior experience suggests offering incentives to write property insurance in Louisiana will lead to...

The Government Accountability Office says in two recent reports that unemployment insurance fraud during the pandemic may top $60 billion, reports Route Fifty.

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge eased further in December, and consumer spending fell—the...

London-based company FloodFlash is now offering its data-driven flood insurance coverage to Louisiana businesses.

ASAP, formerly known as Waitr, will be delisted from Nasdaq next week after struggling...

Louisiana borrowers continued to struggle in December to make their home loan payments, according to a recent report from mortgage analytics firm Black Knight Inc.