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Industry News and Updates
Here’s why Community First exceeded its 2024 growth expectations
Here’s why Community First exceeded its 2024 growth expectations (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- It was a year of substantial growth across the First Coast region for Community First Credit Union as it celebrated an 8% growth rate for deposits in...
Fifth Third Bank planning first Nassau County branch
Fifth Third Bank planning first Nassau County branch (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- Fifth Third Bank is planning a branch in the Wildlight master-planned community in Nassau County.It will be its first location in the county.Site plans show a...
Behind the tellers of VyStar’s financial boot camp for students
Behind the tellers of VyStar’s financial boot camp for students (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) -- Seventeen years ago, VyStar Credit Union opened a new branch identical to all its others, but this one came with one catch: it was opened at Bartram High...
Fifth Third Bank adding Murabella branch
Fifth Third Bank adding Murabella branch (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- Fifth Third Bank is adding a fourth St. Johns County branch. The county issued a building permit Jan. 7 for the bank to expand in the county’s Murabella master-planned community....
Ameris applies to build branch at 200 W. Forsyth St. on the Downtown Northbank
Ameris applies to build branch at 200 W. Forsyth St. on the Downtown Northbank (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- The city is reviewing a building-permit application for Ameris Bank to open a branch Downtown at 200 W. Forsyth St. in the former Truist Tower...
TCB focuses on small and midsize businesses, professional firms from Downtown office
TCB focuses on small and midsize businesses, professional firms from Downtown office (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Daily Record) -- You wouldn’t expect to find a bank branch on the 18th floor of a Downtown skyscraper. But The Claxton Bank, a Georgia-based bank...
Meet Brian Allen, Finance Industry Manager
Brian Allen is the Finance sector manager at CareerSource NEFL and a native of Jacksonville, FL.
Brian Allen was born and raised in Jacksonville, and graduated from UNF, initially with a BA in Education and later with a Master of Business Administration.
Brian began his career as a teacher and athletic coach in Duval County Public Schools and eventually found his way into the Mortgage Industry, working both as a Mortgage Broker and then as a Mortgage Loan Officer for both BBVA Compass and TD Bank. He has a total of 13 years of mortgage banking experience in both mortgage origination and mortgage servicing. During the most recent recession, Brian’s employer closed operations and he found employment with Fidelity National Information Services as a Quality Assurance Analyst, testing multiple enterprise applications.
Brian currently serves as both the Finance and Information Technology Sector Managers for CareerSource NEFL.
Contact Brian for information on how your business can benefit from a partnership with CareerSource NEFL.
Interested in a finance career and need more information? Contact Brian at ballen@careersourcenefl.com
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