New Hampshire

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.

The Distinguished Service Award winners for the 52nd Annual Defense Credit Union Conference have been named.

The $2.65 billion military credit union now can serve veterans regardless of how long they served in the military.

New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares in Newport has changed its name to Lake Sunapee Bank Group.

HarborOne Bank announced Wednesday that it will acquire Merrimack Mortgage Co. Terms of the transaction are undisclosed.

HSBC has informed New Hampshire's Attorney General of a compromise of some records of current and former mortgage customers of its HSBC Finance unit. HSBC Finance is a nonbank lender, formerly known as Household Finance, that HSBC bought in 2003. The bank is in the process of winding it down.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — St. Mary's Bank, the nation's first credit union, is offering first-time home-buyers assistance with down payments and closing costs.

Regulatory approval of Primary Bank in New Hampshire does not make a trend, but observers are hopeful it signals a more promising near future for the chartering of new banks.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — CUNA is helping America's Credit Union Museum kick off its Legacy Captial Campaign with a pledge of $1 million that will help the museum refurbish and expand.

New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares in Newport has raised $17 million by issuing subordinated debt to certain investors.

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The board of directors at Northeast CU here has announced that Interim President and CEO Timothy J. Collia has been promoted to the official position following a nationwide search.