Mary Lhowe
Frontier Airlines, Barclays relaunch travel benefits and rewards program
PROVIDENCE – Frontier Airlines and Barclays have relaunched the Frontier Airlines World Mastercard, allowing cardholders access to the benefits of Elite Status when they...
Five Questions With: Dawn Arpin
Dawn Arpin is the director of marketing at BlumShapiro, where she is responsible for marketing and business-development strategy, advertising, public relations and community relations for...
Mechanics Cooperative Bank hires new VP for residential mortgages and consumer...
TAUNTON – The Mechanics Cooperative Bank recently appointed Steven Borgerson as vice president of residential and consumer lending. Borgerson will ensure the bank’s residential...
Baystate Financial raises $275K for charity in annual golf classic
PROVIDENCE – Baystate Financial raised $275,000 through its annual charity golf classic in June, using the occasion to honor Wonderfund and Lauren Baker, the...
Financial studies school graduates 84 from enhanced program
PROVIDENCE – Eighty-four students from banks and other financial services firms recently completed graduation requirements for New England School for Financial Studies, a program...
Long-simmering divisions on immigration have boiled over nationally. Is the Ocean...
In March 2017 the Rhode Island chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union drafted a model ordinance that would reject local police cooperation with...
$eeds for $uccess graduates first group of learners
CRANSTON – The inaugural $eeds for $uccess financial literacy program created and taught by the business advisory firm BlumShapiro graduated its first batch of...
Five Questions With: David Hunter
In his early years on Wall Street, David Hunter developed an expertise in energy investing and was an early financier to invest in wind...
$250M school construction bond to appear on November ballot
PROVIDENCE – Last week’s approval by the General Assembly and the governor of the fiscal year 2019 state budget moved a huge project to...
Webster Bank hires Gillespie as senior vice president of brand marketing
PROVIDENCE – Colin Homer Gillespie has been appointed senior vice president of brand marketing for Webster Bank, reporting to Chief Marketing Officer Dawn C....