
BankFive Set to Open Retail Branches on Cape, in RI in 2024
BankFive is planning to open two full-service branches on Cape Cod and in Rhode Island next year after it saw the success its loan offices had in the area.
BankFive is planning to open two full-service branches on Cape Cod and in Rhode Island next year after it saw the success its loan offices had in the area.
After being agreeing to settle federal redlining charges for $9 million, Rhode Island-based Washington Trust said it will diversify its executive team and board of directors in an agreement with state officials there.
Rhode Island representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday designed to make it easier to convert office buildings, schools, churches, shopping malls, mills and other commercial real estate into housing.
Speaking at a National Governors Association summit on transportation and infrastructure in Boston Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said they’ve been working together to improve regional rail service linking their two capitals, which Raimondo said needs to be faster and more frequent.
A federal judge has approved an agreement for Wells Fargo Securities to pay an $800,000 civil penalty to end a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over Rhode Island’s failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s video game company, 38 Studios.
Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island marijuana consumers could have another retail store to patronize as soon as Sunday.
Massachusetts is not the only state in New England for which JPMorgan Chase has plans.
A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to bank robbery.
Taunton-based Bristol County Savings Bank has opened a new loan office in Warwick, Rhode Island.
Fall River-based BankFive boosted its loans and deposits last year as it expanded into Rhode Island and made a few key hires, bank management told depositors at its recent annual meeting.