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Beacon Bank named among America’s best regional banks

PROVIDENCE – Beacon Bank has been named one of America’s Best Regional Banks for 2026 by Newsweek, earning a five-star rating in a national...

R.I. Infrastructure Bank awards $1.09M for stormwater, flood mitigation projects

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank has awarded more than $1 million in grants to 10 communities across the state to support stormwater...

Longtime Rhode Island Credit Union CEO David Suvall to retire

WARWICK – Rhode Island Credit Union CEO and President David B. Suvall will retire on July 1 after 45 years with the organization, the...

America250-Enduring Success: Citizens Bank

(Editor’s note: This is the 12th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of...
NEW NEIGHBOR: Centreville Bank is preparing to move into the Lauderdale Building on Westminster Street in downtown Providence, a few doors down from Chase Bank and The Washington Trust Co. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Banks doubling down on downtown branches

Bristol County Savings Bank cut the ribbon on its new full-service branch at 5 Exchange St. in downtown Providence in March, placing another community...
A BIT EMPTY: Charles Cullinan, Bryant University Accounting Department chair and professor, teaches a class at Bryant in Smithfield in 2025. Industry leaders are concerned about the lack of accounting students moving through the pipeline.
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. lawmakers get closer to tackling CPA shortage

When Connecticut rewrote its certified public accountant licensing rules last fall to expand pathways into the profession, the effects showed up almost immediately, says...
GOV. DANIEL J. MCKEE has nominated Michelle Reddish, the administrator of the R.I. Cannabis Office, to become the next chairperson of the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission after a seven-month vacancy. The governor's office said an interim administrator will be name once Reddish is confirmed by the Senate. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New cannabis chair tabbed, but delays remain

Seven months after the chairperson of the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission stepped down, Gov. Daniel J. McKee has found a replacement. But his pick for...

Citizens commits $1.65M to workforce development and financial education programs in...

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is investing more than $1.65 million in Rhode Island programs focused on workforce development and financial education, part...

House’s millionaires tax phase-in plan fails to sway business opposition

PROVIDENCE – Business opposition to Rhode Island’s proposed “millionaires tax” is holding firm despite a three-year phase-in included in a House-approved budget plan, according...

Ethics Commission votes to investigate complaint on Shekarchi’s judicial bid

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Ethics Commission voted on Tuesday to investigate a complaint alleging that former House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi violated the state's...
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