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BankRI launches 28th Giving Tree drive to deliver holiday gifts to children...

Financial Services 11/03/2025

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island on Monday kicked off its 28th annual Holiday Giving Tree drive, launching its seasonal push to collect gifts for...

BankRI, PCF Development to host free workshop for first-time homebuyers

Financial Services 10/06/2025

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island and Pawtucket Central Falls Development will host a free virtual workshop on Oct. 22 aimed at breaking down the...

BankRI distributes $115K to 31 nonprofit organizations, agencies

Financial Services 01/20/2025

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island has awarded $115,000 in charitable grants to 31 local organizations that help families in crisis meet their basic needs,...

William C. “Will” Tsonos has been a Rhode Island banker for over 30 years. He has been with Bank Rhode Island since January 2006 and was promoted to CEO and president in November 2022. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Protect your culture

Financial Services 06/21/2024

William C. Tsonos | Bank Rhode Island CEO and president We’ve built a strong working atmosphere at BankRI. Here are some keys to our success: •...

McKee nominates BankRI CEO Tsonos to R.I. Commerce board

Financial Services 05/27/2024

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island CEO and President William C. Tsonos has been nominated by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to serve on the R.I....

BankRI launches annual book drive to support local students

Financial Services 03/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently launched its annual Children’s Book Drive in support of Books Are Wings, a Pawtucket-based nonprofit that puts free...

TALKING IT OUT: R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state’s economic picture at Providence Business News’ Economic Trends Summit on Jan. 24 at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Panel: ‘The hard part is figuring out what’s next’

Economy 02/02/2024

A benefit of living in a state with the population of a large American city is its accessibility. What in New York or Los...

R.I. COMMERCE SECRETARY Elizabeth M. Tanner, second from left, discusses the state's economic picture at Providence Business News' Economic Trends Summit on Wednesday morning at the Providence Marriott. Also participating in the panel discussion is, from left, William C. Tsonos, Bank Rhode Island CEO and president; Thomas Sweeney, owner and principal of Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal; Marianne Raimondo, dean of the Rhode Island College School of Business; and Kristen Adamo, president of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. The discussion was moderated by PBN Editor Michael Mello, far right. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: A soft landing for economy that’s still ‘fragile underneath’

Economic Activity 01/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – The likelihood of a recession, once thought inevitable, will be forestalled or fail to materialize, at least within the next 12 to...

PBN’s 2024 Economic Trends Summit slated for Jan. 24

Business Services 01/11/2024

PROVIDENCE – A host of issues affecting Rhode Island’s economy and industry-specific insights, as well as forecasts for the coming year will be discussed...