The FDIC has opened its doors to new de novo bank applications, but those in the know aren’t expecting a flood of new bank applications like you might have seen in the good ol’ days. A little more than 1,000 new community banks were chartered
You wouldn’t dream of building a bank branch that was inaccessible to a person with a disability, but can you say the same about your website?
William McCalpin dove into the world of impact investing when he joined the Rockefeller Brother Fund after law school.
Younger American workers may be burdened with higher student debt and unemployment rates than the country as a whole, but they’re also more optimistic than older generations, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve.
With EMV slowly but steadily rolling out across the U.S. and e-commerce on the rise, the payments system is turning into the perfect breeding ground for card-not-present fraud. But fear not, say payments pros, because while technology may offer up new opportunities for exploitation, it also brings to market potential solutions to head off crooks at the pass.
An Amsterdam-based men’s clothing company is getting some Boston digs, moving into a former Newbury Street restaurant sometime next year.
From collecting canned goods to putting hammer to nails, Massachusetts’ banks and credit unions play an instrumental role in supporting their community nonprofits – and they say that no hand up is too small.
Before he founded Deposify, Jon Bayle worked as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer for more than a decade, mostly dealing with tech companies.
First Republic Bank liked Gradifi’s student loan paydown platform so much, they bought the company last week for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal.
As rental housing dominates cities across the country, at least one bank is thinking about how to best capitalize on that trend – and it’s hoping its solution will work for other community banks, too.
Donald Trump may be a notoriously lousy credit risk, but the former reality TV star’s newest gig as president of the United States could be a boon to bankers weary of regulatory burden.
Terence McGinnis has been drinking from a fire hose for the past couple of months – figuratively speaking, of course.
Banks sit upon vast reserves of customer data, the likes of which would make even Google salivate, but in the early years of the big data hubbub, traditional depository institutions at first struggled to get their arms around the concept. Now, by zeroing in on one or two very clear and narrow goals
It ain’t easy being green – and any Massachusetts banks that may be curious about the business of banking pot are about to find that out.
Driverless cars could make the roads safer for all, but insurance companies have a long and winding road to figuring out how to deal with autonomous automobiles.
David Felton got his start in banking as a teller, but he got his start at Rockland Trust after he tried to poach some of their business clients.
John Battaglia began his mortgage banking career at Boston Five Cents Savings Bank in the early ’80s, moving on to Citizens Bank after it acquired Boston Five, and eventually working with a business partner to form their own independent mortgage banking company, Cambridge Mortgage Group. This year, he joined The Cooperative Bank (TCB) to boost the bank’s mortgage business. When he’s not talking mortgage banking, Battaglia plays golf and basketball and coaches youth football.
EMV cards, also known as chip-and-PIN cards, were supposed to introduce a new layer of security into debit and credit card purchases, but more than a year after the liability shift, consumers complain about processing times, EMV terminals have slots taped over and
The Institution for Savings in Newburyport recently received approval from the local Zoning Board of Appeals to build a new full-service branch on the site of the former Hamilton Gardens.
