Tag: BayCoast Bank
PBN announces 2020 Fastest Growing & Innovative Companies
PROVIDENCE – Twenty local companies are among the highest earners on Providence Business News’ list of Fastest Growing Private Companies, and 13 companies are...
Banking pushed further onto web, mobile devices
The financial sector long ago embraced online banking, but the coronavirus crisis has boosted use of the technology to new levels.
Financial institutions reported an...
Local lenders report slowdown in PPP applications but increased anxiety over...
PROVIDENCE – The flood of applications from small businesses desperate for payroll relief has slowed to a trickle, local lenders say.
But while demand for...
Five Questions With: Dan DeCosta
Dan DeCosta is chief information officer for BayCoast Bank, where he has worked since 2002, beginning as an information technology technician. He earned a...
Local lenders prepare for fast and furious second round of PPP...
PROVIDENCE – “A breath of fresh air” is how Leland Merrill, chief lending officer and chief operating officer of BankNewport, described it when the...
BayCoast Bank donates $128K to 4 local nonprofits
SWANSEA – BayCoast Bank recently donated $128,000 to four local nonprofits in southeastern Massachusetts that are helping people hurt by COVID-19, according to a...
Stressed R.I. employers jostle to receive SBA assistance
The rollout of federal relief programs offered a much-needed source of funding and of hope to small businesses struggling in the coronavirus pandemic.
But securing...
PBN panel: R.I. will legalize recreational pot eventually
Even though the General Assembly leadership is attempting to put brakes on the legalization of recreational marijuana in Rhode Island, it’s just a matter...
PBN cannabis summit: Legalized recreational pot is only matter of time...
PROVIDENCE – It’s not a matter of whether recreational marijuana will be legalized in Rhode Island, it's a matter of when.
That conclusion emerged from...
SBA: Citizens, BankNewport top list of lenders to R.I. small...
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank was the top lender to Rhode Island small businesses through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7a loan program from Oct....


















