by Nika Cataldo | Feb 15, 2024
PNC Bank recently announced a $1 billion nationwide investment to open more than 100 branches and renovate over 1,200 existing branches through 2028, and Boston is getting two new branches from that plan.
by Steve Adams | Feb 15, 2024
Milton voters rejected a rezoning plan that would have encouraged multifamily development, becoming the first Boston suburb to defy the state’s MBTA Communities law, which is designed to encourage housing production and ease Massachusetts’ affordability crisis.
by Steve Adams | Feb 14, 2024
The owner of a retail property next to Faneuil Hall Marketplace will add an interactive museum as its newest tenant, the first in a series of pending changes to the Boston tourism hub.
by Steve Adams | Feb 14, 2024
A former insurance company headquarters overlooking Route 128 attracted an office and R&D lease from an industrial sensor manufacturer.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 14, 2024
Wayne Patenaude will step down as Cambridge Savings Bank’s president and chief executive officer on Feb. 28, and will be replaced by USAA executive Ryan A. Bailey.
by State House News Service | Feb 14, 2024
Milton voters will head to the polls a day later than originally planned for a referendum on whether to comply with a state zoning reform law, and Gov. Maura Healey hopes they’ll fill in the bubble for “yes.”
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 13, 2024
New mortgage application data is signaling homebuyers are reentering the market amid gradual decline in interest rates, setting the stage for another year that drives home prices up.
by Steve Adams | Feb 13, 2024
After restoring an 18th-century Mattapan farm, Historic Boston Inc. completed its sale to an urban farming organization.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 13, 2024
UMass Boston, the University of Rhode Island, nonprofit engineering consultancy MITRE and fintech LoanSpark have joined Mass Fintech Hub to be a part of the financial technology community in the state.
by Steve Adams | Feb 13, 2024
At neighborhood meetings last fall, residents objected to Rafi Properties’ proposed building heights of up to 245 feet, plans for 1,252 parking spaces and loss of arts and cultural space.
by James Sanna | Feb 13, 2024
Milton residents were originally scheduled to hit the polls today to vote on overturning or keeping a transit-oriented zoning package approved by Town Meeting late last year.
by The Associated Press | Feb 13, 2024
The Biden administration is rolling out new recordkeeping rules for U.S. investment advisers in its continued effort to clamp down on money laundering, illicit finance and fraud in the American financial system.
by State House News Service | Feb 13, 2024
While a new panel of government officials, business leaders transportation activists and commuters prepare for another round of investigation into how the state should fund roads and transit, Gov. Maura Healey will keep an open mind – including around the possibility of new or increased taxes.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 12, 2024
Amid regional banks’ race to capture business among Boston’s affluent, Berkshire Bank has hired a former Silicon Valley Bank executive to boost its private banking business in the region.
by The Associated Press | Feb 12, 2024
From Wall Street traders to car dealers to home buyers, Americans are eager for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates and lightening the heavy burden on borrowers.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 12, 2024
Under his 17 years at the helm, Mark S. Cochran doubled the credit union’s membership to 100,000, increased staffing by 48 percent and grew assets from $600 million to $2.1 billion.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 9, 2024
Hanover-based Rockland Trust, through its charitable foundation, gave $20,000 grant to Root NS for its youth culinary job training program. See who else gave back.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 9, 2024
MountainOne Insurance Agency, a subsidiary of MountainOneBank based in North Adams, has expanded its customer base in Western Massachusetts by acquiring G.W. Morisi Insurance Agency, Inc..
by Steve Adams | Feb 9, 2024
Charlestown neighborhood residents are heading to court in an attempt to block conversion of a former Navy Yard hotel into supportive housing.
by Nika Cataldo | Feb 9, 2024
After launching its private bank and hiring around 200 bankers last year, Citizens Bank is hiring two key executives to further grow its wealth management business.