Connecticut

United Financial Bancorp in Glastonbury, Conn., reported a second-quarter loss largely tied to the costs of merging with Rockville Financial.

Ion Bank is expanding the use of video tellers in its branches a little more than a year after initially deploying this technology.

Goodbye toasters and alarm clocks — hello hitching posts and bike-thru lanes.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — For Peter Lupi, being named NAFCU's Volunteer of the Year caps off a life-long involvement in the credit union community.

People's United (PBCT) in Bridgeport, Conn., has started a payments firm in partnership with Vantiv in a move that aided the company's quarterly results.

Webster Financial (WBS) in Waterbury, Conn., reported higher quarterly earnings but missed its earnings targets as mortgage-banking fees declined more than expected.

People's United Bank in Bridgeport, Conn., expects to raise $400 million through an offering of subordinated debt.

Peyton Patterson, president and chief executive of Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) in New Canaan, Conn., has been ordered by a judge to pay more than $350,000 to American Express to address unpaid credit card bills.

They look great on paper, but mergers of equals are always difficult to integrate due to cultural issues. United Financial in Glastonbury, Conn., is learning that lesson with Jeff Sullivan's departure less than six weeks after the company's merger with Rockville Financial.

A key member of United Financial Bancorp's management team has departed a month after the company's merger with Rockville Financial.

United Bank of Glastonbury, Conn., has hired three experienced former Bank of America mortgage bankers in West Springfield, Mass.

Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) of New Canaan, Conn., raised nearly $49 million through its initial public offering.

NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A concept intended to serve as "a sustainably innovative solution" to the ever-expanding mobile banking landscape has been selected as one of this year's three finalists for the CO-OP THINK Prize.

Simsbury Bank (SBTB) in Connecticut named a new retail management officer to succeed Howard Zern who is retiring at the end of this month.

People's United Financial (PBCT) in Bridgeport, Conn., reported late Wednesday steady first quarter results, characterized by loan growth and improved asset quality, the same day it disclosed a succession plan for its chief financial officer.

Webster Financial Corp. (WBS) in Waterbury, Conn., reported solid first-quarter results thanks to a surge in commercial lending.

Bankwell Financial (BWFG) in New Canaan, Conn., plans to raise nearly $61 million by selling common and preferred stock.

Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) in New Canaan, Conn., has agreed to buy Quinnipiac Bank & Trust in Hamden, Conn.

Rockville Financial (RCKB) in Glastonbury, Conn., and United Financial Bancorp (UBNK) in West Springfield, Mass., have secured four of the five regulatory approvals needed to complete their high-profile merger.

Salisbury Bancorp (SAL) in Lakeville, Conn., has agreed to buy Riverside Bank in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.