by Bram Berkowitz | Feb 7, 2019
Hometown Financial Group is not wasting any time. A week after completing its nearly $54 million acquisition of Cohasset-based Pilgrim Bank, the mutual holding company has already announced another merger.
by Banker & Tradesman | Nov 9, 2018
Two mutual banks in Southeastern Massachusetts are merging.
by Bram Berkowitz | Nov 6, 2018
City of Boston Credit Union will be busy this holiday season.
by Bram Berkowitz | Nov 1, 2018
Nearly eight months after first applying, the merger between Merrimack Valley Credit Union and Bridgewater Credit Union has finally passed. The deal will still require regulatory approvals and is not expected to be complete until early 2019.
by Bram Berkowitz | Oct 10, 2018
With its state charter now approved, Merrimack Valley Credit Union is pursuing its merger with Bridgewater Credit Union for the second time this year.
by Bram Berkowitz | Sep 12, 2018
Two credit unions North of Boston are planning to join forces.
by Bram Berkowitz | Aug 16, 2018
Two small, depositor-owned banks on the South Shore have agreed to merge.
by Bram Berkowitz | Jun 20, 2018
The largest state-chartered bank in Connecticut has just gobbled up one of the state’s largest community banks.
by Bram Berkowitz | Jun 12, 2018
A proposed merger that would have created one of the top 10 largest credit unions in the state appears to have fallen apart.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 5, 2018
Although the two institutions legally completed a merger almost a year ago, Liberty Bay Credit Union has at last integrated Hingham Federal Credit Union and opened as one institution earlier this week.
by Banker & Tradesman | Apr 3, 2018
Sagan Realtors and Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty have merged and will now operate as Sagan Harborside Sotheby’s International Realty. The merger strengthens the agency’s presence in Swampscott and Marblehead and further expands its reach across Essex County.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 29, 2018
Rumors of Benoit Mizner Simon & Co.’s acquisition by Compass appear to be unfounded – for now – but six of the brokerage’s agents have departed for the technology-backed firm.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 20, 2018
Fidelity National Financial Inc. announced yesterday that it has signed a merger agreement to acquire Stewart Information Services Corp. for $50 per share of common stock, subject to potential adjustment, representing an equity value of approximately $1.2 billion.
by Bram Berkowitz | Mar 6, 2018
Merrimack Valley Credit Union is planning to absorb Bridgewater Credit Union in a proposed merger that will make the new entity one of the top 10 largest credit unions in the state by total assets.
by Bram Berkowitz | Feb 26, 2018
The parent company of Brookline Bank has received regulatory approval to acquire First Commons Bank. The transaction is expected to close March 1.
by Jim Morrison | Feb 22, 2018
Lynnfield-based Mortgage Equity Partners has combined forces with Stepstone Mortgage in a merger finalized at the beginning of the month.
by Bram Berkowitz | Feb 9, 2018
Two credit unions in Maine are planning to merge, a move that would make the combined entity the largest credit union in the state.
by Bram Berkowitz | Jan 24, 2018
Taunton-based Bristol County Savings Bank will merge the bank’s financial advisory services division with Ricciardi Financial Group to create Bristol Wealth Group, the bank announced yesterday.
by Bram Berkowitz | Dec 15, 2017
New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp, the holding company of Merrimack County Savings Bank, Meredith Village Savings Bank and MillRiver Wealth Management, signed an agreement Thursday to add Savings Bank of Walpole to its ranks, in a deal that will allow the Walpole, New Hampshire-based institution to retain its name and state charter.
by Reuters | Dec 4, 2017
U.S. drugstore chain operator CVS Health Corp. said on Sunday it had agreed to acquire Hartford, Connecticut-based U.S. health insurer Aetna Inc. for $69 billion, seeking to tackle soaring health care spending through lower-cost medical services in pharmacies.