Tag: Bank Rhode Island
BankRI awards $80K in grants to local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island awarded 26 local nonprofits $80,450 in total grants to help support educational opportunities for underserved youths and human services...
BankRI reports record results from annual Holiday Giving Tree program
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island reported its largest-ever holiday gift drive in 2021, with more than 3,700 gifts collected and donated in December, according...
BankRI finances $2.55M East Side apartment building
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island through its Commercial Real Estate division recently provided a $2.55 million loan for a new apartment building on Providence’s...
A bank phishing scam that hooks younger customers
The nightmare begins with a text message that appears to come from the bank, alerting the customer to a suspicious, unauthorized transaction.
Thousands of dollars...
Mark J. Meiklejohn
When Brookline Bancorp Inc. acquired Bank Rhode Island in 2011, one might have assumed it was just another case of a bigger out-of-state company...
PBN celebrates 35th anniversary with business community
WARWICK – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated three and a half decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at...
BankRI launches annual Holiday Giving Tree program
PROVIDENCE – Christmas came early for Bank Rhode Island, which on Nov. 1 kicked off its annual Holiday Giving Tree program, according to a...
BankRI parent company posts $29M Q3 profit
PROVIDENCE – Brookline Bancorp Inc., the parent for Bank Rhode Island, saw its third-quarter earnings increase 54.4% year over year, to $28.8 million, the...
BankRI, Pawtucket Central Falls Development to offer free homebuyer education workshop
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island is teaming up with Pawtucket Central Falls Development to offer another free, virtual workshop for first-time homebuyers, according to...
BankRI donates $64K to local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently donated $64,160 to 22 local nonprofits, according to a news release.
The grants, which range from $1,000 to $7,500,...