Nancy Lavin
Carpet-cleaning business has taken it from dirt to disaster
Small-business savvy runs in Shawn Lynch’s blood.
He grew up entrenched in his father’s carpet-cleaning company, which was a part-time complement to his full-time job...
Citizens to acquire LA financial advisory company
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Trinity Capital, the company announced on Thursday.
Trinity Capital, a Los Angeles-based...
Newport Biodiesel earns EPA recognition for recycling toxic waste
NEWPORT – Even clean energy has some dirty byproducts.
For Newport Biodiesel Inc., a company that converts used cooking oil into biofuel, that byproduct is...
Bill reignites controversy over payday lending reform
PROVIDENCE – A state senator wants payday lenders out of Rhode Island.
Sen. Harold Metts, D-Providence, submitted legislation earlier this month that would eliminate provisions...
Webster, Citizens named to Forbes’ 2020 Best Banks list
PROVIDENCE – Two local banks earned spots on Forbes’ 2020 America’s Best Banks list.
Connecticut-based Webster Bank and Citizens Bank, in Rhode Island, both were...
Bristol County Savings Bank awards $353,600 to 44 nonprofits
TAUNTON – Bristol County Savings Bank through its charitable foundation recently awarded $353,600 in grants to 44 nonprofits in the Taunton-Attleboro, New Bedford-Fall River...
BankRI awards $10,000 to homebuyer education classes
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently awarded two $5,000 grants to programs aimed at helping homebuyers with resources and financial education, according to a...
Elorza touts accomplishments, outlines vision for ‘new Providence’
PROVIDENCE – Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza drew a sharp contrast between the financially mismanaged, crime-ridden and dilapidated city of his childhood and the...
Navigant Credit Union reports $2.3B in assets in 2019
SMITHFIELD – Navigant Credit Union ended 2019 with record-level assets, deposits and loan balances, the credit union reported on Monday.
The credit union hit $2.3...
MassChallenge startup accelerator seeks R.I. applicants
PROVIDENCE – A global startup accelerator program has opened applications for its third year of programming in Rhode Island, according to a news release.
The...
