Citizens expands South Florida presence with Coral Gables office
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has opened its first Miami-Dade County office as part of a push to expand its commercial banking business...
Bank of America launches $250B infrastructure finance initiative for America250
PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp. has launched an 18-month initiative to mobilize and deploy $250 billion for U.S. infrastructure projects through financing, investment...
CFPB to stop publishing consumer complaint narratives
PROVIDENCE – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will stop publishing written narratives submitted by consumers as part of its public complaint database, the agency...
Washington Trust launches program focused on senior financial scams
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. is launching an education series aimed at helping older adults and their families prevent financial scams and plan...
Choose purposeful growth in uncertain times
For 40 years, Providence Business News has chronicled the moments when organizations across our region chose to grow with intention. That perspective matters now...
Banks adjust as borrowing costs climb
In early 2022, Rhode Island’s banks were still operating in an environment defined by abundant liquidity and historically low interest rates.
COVID-19 pandemic-era stimulus programs...
Driving Forces: Bruce Van Saun
Bruce Van Saun
Citizens Financial Group Inc. chairman and CEO
The clear-eyed leader of the largest Rhode Island-based bank told weary state business leaders what they...
Driving Forces: Edward O. Handy III
Edward O. Handy III
The Washington Trust Co. chairman and CEO
UNDER THE LEADERSHIP of Edward O. “Ned” Handy III, The Washinton Trust Co. has been...
Driving Forces: Malcolm Roberts
Malcolm Roberts
FM chairman and CEO
Few CEOs know the inner workings of their companies better than Factory Mutual Insurance Co.’s Malcolm C. Roberts.
Roberts joined Johnston-based...
Driving Forces: Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III
Edmund “Ted” Shallcross III
Amica Mutual Insurance Co. CEO and president
IN AN ERA WHEN many insurers have retreated from markets, raised rates sharply or stumbled...
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