Tag: Rhode Island Bankers Association
Rhode Island Bankers Association honors Roberts for community impact
TAUNTON – Michele Roberts, retired executive vice president and chief marketing and community relations officer at Bristol County Savings Bank, has been honored with the...
Marchetti receives R.I. Bankers Association’s Emerging Leader Award
WEST WARWICK – Marissa Marchetti, assistant vice president at Centreville Bank, has been named the recipient of the Rhode Island Bankers Association’s 2025 Emerging...
BankFive executive wins Rhode Island Bankers Association Women & Allies award
FALL RIVER – BankFive Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer Christina Johnk was honored by the Rhode Island Bankers Association with the...
OFF WALL STREET: ‘You don’t need to go [outside R.I.] to...
As much as technology is reshaping financial services, at The Washington Trust Co. soft skills continue to be “a cornerstone of our culture,” said...
Citizens, CCRI launch program to fill 500 new banking jobs in...
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. and the Community College of Rhode Island have launched the Banking Micro-Pathway, a new training program designed to...
Credit card legislation has banks up in arms
A legislative move to increase competition in the credit card payment network – dominated by Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. – is facing severe...
Bankers fight to overturn rule on overdraft fees
A proposed banking regulation that one federal agency says will save Americans $5 billion a year in overdraft fees is facing strong opposition from...
BANKING ON DIVERSITY: Collaboration changing faces of industry
Nationally, banking was long known as a white-male-dominated industry. But Rhode Island is taking steps to change that with BankForward, an initiative that aims...
Must R.I. give Citizens what it wants?
The 11th-hour budget amendment submitted by Gov. Daniel J. McKee asking to overhaul how Rhode Island-based banks are taxed had some questioning whether the...
R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family...
While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...
