Mutual banks

The company will merge Fidelity Savings and Loan and Washington Savings Bank into its own bank.

The company will enter three counties in its home state after it buys Roselle.

Julieann Thurlow says Reading Cooperative Bank in Massachusetts is well positioned to help immigrants and millennials. Technology is crucial to serving both groups, she says.

Warsaw Federal will keep its name and charter after joining First Mutual Holding in Lakewood, Ohio.

Joseph Campanelli, CEO of Needham Bank, wants to be ready to scoop up mutuals struggling with rising costs and yield curve challenges.

First Mutual Holding is buying the tiny Blue Grass Federal and keeping its charter. The deal will allow the seller to save costs and maintain its autonomy.

3Rivers Federal Credit Union in Indiana will pay about $38 million for West End Bank.

Provident Bancorp, one of the nation's oldest active banks, is setting the stage to become a fully stock-owned company.

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

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.

Readers weigh legislative proposals on pot banking, consider JPMorgan's new digital coin, debate the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s brokered deposit rules and more.

While proponents contend the model could help reach the underbanked, there remain many arguments against it.

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

The mutual holding company received regulatory approval to form a limited-purpose commercial bank, allowing it to work around a state law barring mutuals from working with municipalities.

A proposal to let certain thrifts operate like national banks blurs the line even further between the two institution types.

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank has transformed its summer intern program so that it is more structured and attracts students who could see themselves staying in the industry.

The central bank’s dividend waiver rule has severely limited the formation of mutual holding companies.

The leader of an Ohio mutual is urging his peers to follow the lead of credit unions by forming groups to share technology and collaborate on lending and deposit gathering.