New Hampshire

A. Scott MacKnight is now the president and CEO of Triangle Credit Union after its longtime leader, Maurice Simard, retired.

David Araujo, who served as an executive at Digital Federal Credit Union, will join the Portsmouth, N.H.-based institution next month.

Millyard Bank aims to become the state's second post-crisis de novo. Primary Bank opened in 2015.

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

Once a hotbed of activity, the region has reported the fewest bank mergers since the financial crisis.

This year marks the third consecutive year the league has awarded $125,000 to member credit unions.

Savings Bank of Walpole and New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp believe merging help them preserve a banking model that has faced pressure in recent years. The CEO at Savings Bank will also replace New Hampshire Mutual's retiring leader.

The mutual, which agreed to buy First Colebrook Bancorp, had recently opened a limited-service branch in Portsmouth, N.H.

The combined institution has assets of more than $1.3 billion and serves more than 120,000 members.

First Colebrook Bancorp in Colebrook, N.H., has raised $5 million to exit the Small Business Lending Fund.

Granite Bank in Portsmouth, N.H., has acquired Cousins Home Lending.

Franklin Savings Bank in Franklin, N.H., has lured an executive from Florida to become its next chief financial officer.

The $1.6 billion-asset Bar Harbor said in a press release Thursday that it will pay $143 million, or $17 a share, in stock for the $1.6 billion-asset Lake Sunapee.

Granite Bank in Colebrook, N.H., has named a Minnesota community banker as its new chief executive.

Northway Bank in Berlin, N.H., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

Franklin Savings Bank in Franklin, N.H., has tapped its chief operating officer to succeed Jeffery Savage, when he retires as CEO next year.

Lake Sunapee Bank Group in Newport, N.H., has exited the Small Business Lending Fund.

BNH Financial in Laconia, N.H., has agreed to buy Community Guaranty in Plymouth, N.H.

Claremont Savings Bank in New Hampshire has found a successor to Chief Executive Sherwood Moody.

New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp in Concord will promote two executives to the position of president of its bank units after the retirement of Chief Executive Paul Rizzi.