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BRISTOL COUNTY SAVINGS BANK recently doled out grants to 40 non-profits in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Bristol County Savings Bank gives to 40 area nonprofits

TAUNTON – Bristol County Savings Bank in Taunton has awarded grants totaling $271,313 to 40 nonprofit organizations in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. The bank...

Financial planner Poirer moves practice

WARWICK - Financial planner Randal Poirer with Independence Financial Partners was scheduled this week to relocate his practice to Newport from Little Compton. Poirer will...
DESIGN TEAM: Sarah Rainwater, center, founder, president and creative director of Studio Rainwater, talks with designer Danikqwa Rambert, right, at the firm’s office in East Providence. Art Director Sarah Verity works in the background.
 / COURTESY STUDIO RAINWATER

Rainwater boosting brand appeal

Sarah Rainwater has had a thing for art, dating back to college when she was an art-history major. After graduating, she became a graphic designer...

R.I. looks to preserve gains under Obamacare

Rhode Island has had a good thing going under so-called “Obamacare,” according to state officials, but it all could change unless the state steps...
FERTILE GROUND: Kenny Hsieh started his own solar-panel installation company after he realized Rhode Island is fertile ground for solar-energy businesses.
 / COURTESY KENNY HSIEH

Incentives spur Ocean State Clean Energy business

Kenny Hsieh hopes to cash in on Rhode Island’s burgeoning clean-energy industry. So far, he’s making a go of it, with some help from...
NET INCOME from Brazil, Santander’s biggest market, jumped 77 percent from a year earlier, the bank said Wednesday. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANGEL NAVARRETE

Santander Holdings USA resolves regulatory case, but still faces others

PROVIDENCE – Santander Holdings USA Inc. confirmed Thursday the Federal Reserve has ended its 2015 enforcement action against the company for having various regulatory...

Crowd cheers for Citizens Bank’s new corporate campus

JOHNSTON – Citizens Bank unveiled its new corporate campus Tuesday as several hundred employees and supporters – many wearing company green T-shirts - cheered...
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH William F. Galvin said the SEC’s new rules of conduct for securities broker-dealers should be more stringent, like those for investment advisers. / COURTESY MASS. SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Groups, officials weigh in on SEC-proposed standard of conduct for broker-dealers

PROVIDENCE – Numerous groups and officials weighed in last week on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Best Interest proposal that sets a...
PROVIDENCE MAYOR Jorge O. Elorza said the Providence Business Loan Fund was revamped under his administration and the program so far has provided more than $2.4 million in loans to local small businesses duriing his administration. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Elorza emphasizes Providence business loan program

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza recently toured local businesses helped by the Providence Business Loan Fund. Elorza, running against two democratic challengers in the...
AFTER A STINT at People’s Credit Union earlier in his career, Barry Dunn has returned to the Middletown-based company as its business loan manager. / COURTESY PEOPLE'S CREDIT UNION

People’s Credit Union appoints Dunn as business loan manager

MIDDLETOWN – People’s Credit Union has appointed Barry Dunn as its business loan manager. In his new position, Dunn will focus extensively on building relationships...
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