Massachusetts

Mark Fierro, who was previously the CUSO's chief operations officer, was named as interim CEO late last year.

The Massachusetts mutual hired two former bankers from Blue Hills Bancorp, which was recently sold to Independent Bank.

The Canadian bank recently caught flak over an ad in one of its branches that was seen as a slight against the diverse Boston community of Dorchester. Here’s what other bankers can take away from the episode.

Karen Duffy, the veteran leader of the Massachusetts-based CU, will retire on Aug. 31.

Events at local breweries can be a fun way to educate younger members about getting their first mortgage but credit unions must walk a fine line at such events.

Digital-asset companies will try to develop a less adversarial relationship with the state's securities regulator, who stopped several startups from selling digital currencies as investments.

Members of Cheshire County Federal Credit Union have approved the merger into the Gardner, Mass.-based GFA.

After converting to a mutual savings bank in 2013, the former CU is set to become a fully stock-owned company.

The former credit union will shed its mutual status when it becomes a fully stock-owned company.

Hometown, which agreed to buy Millbury Savings Bank, has already completed one acquisition this year and has another pending.

Richard Marotta, who became Berkshire Hills' CEO after his predecessor's abrupt resignation, says his top priorities are squeezing more profit from existing operations and improving corporate culture.

Rheo Brouillard, the head of SI Financial, finally had a solid offer in hand after more than two years of searching for a buyer. But the resignation 10 days later of the man who made him that offer — Berkshire Hills’ Michael Daly — sent Brouillard scrambling.

Hometown Financial will merge Abington Bank into Pilgrim Bank. The combined bank will be run by Andrew Raczka, Abington's CEO.

The process involved a charter conversion and took nearly a year to complete.

The Boston company reported a quarterly profit despite special charges, mortgage headwinds and lost SBA revenue tied to the partial government shutdown.

Bob Mahoney, CEO of Belmont Savings, called Jack Barnes after People's United agreed to buy a Connecticut bank. The banks announced their own merger agreement five months later.

HarborOne Bancorp — led by James Blake, one of our five community bankers to watch in 2019 — is a former credit union that recently made its first bank acquisition and has Boston and other markets in its sights.

The Massachusetts-based institution has paid out over $10 million to its members since 1996.

The $180 million acquisition is the first for Berkshire since the sudden departure of CEO Michael Daly.

The Massachusetts bank has offered wealth management services in the state for several years.