Cybersecurity more than just a line item for small community banks...
For Rhode Island’s banks, cybersecurity is no longer just a back-office function or a line item on a spreadsheet – it’s core to the...
Banks, airlines wary of credit card interest cap
When President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that he planned to order credit card companies to cap the annual percentage rate at 10%...
Protests across eastern U.S. criticize Citizens Bank over private prison financing
PROVIDENCE – About 100 protesters gathered outside the Citizens Bank branch at 120 Waterman St. on Providence’s East Side on March 7, as part...
Former FM CEO Thomas Lawson dies at 69
PAWTUCKET - Thomas Lawson, former CEO of Johnston-based global commercial insurer FM Global, died on March 7. He was 69.
Lawson's career at FM spanned...
Five Questions With: Desmond A. Ranglin
Desmond A. Ranglin serves as vice president and branch manager regional team leader of Bristol County Savings Bank’s new downtown Providence office at 5...
Beacon Bank seeking new, gently used children’s books at 23 R.I....
PROVIDENCE – Beacon Bank, formerly Bank Rhode Island, is collecting new and gently used children’s books at its 23 Rhode Island locations to support...
Chase partners with Hudl to expand financial education for student-athletes
PROVIDENCE – JPMorgan Chase & Co. has partnered with sports technology company Hudl to provide financial education resources to high school student-athletes and their...
BankFive’s Medeiros, YMCA’s Coppolino among PBN’s 2026 C-Suite honorees recognized
PROVIDENCE - Paul Medeiros, executive vice president and director of commercial lending for BankFive, has been named the 2026 Career Achiever for Providence Business...
Beacon Bank’s Will Tsonos to receive Ben G. Mondor award for...
PROVIDENCE – William C. Tsonos president of Beacon Financial Corp. and former president of BankRI prior to its merger into the Beacon platform, will receive...
Dow drops 1,000 points after oil spikes to its highest price...
NEW YORK (AP) – The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points Thursday after the price of oil spiked to its highest level...

















