Banking & Finance
Banking & Finance
More Than Writing Checks Banks and credit unions have long touted their role in supporting local nonprofits through philanthropic efforts, but those efforts took on more urgency over the past […]
What’s Covered? By Mark Morris When preparing a homeowners policy, insurance companies want to know all the details. They’re not being nosy — they just want to accurately cover […]
Come Together If you think you’ve seen more headlines than usual lately about insurance agencies being bought and sold, you’re not mistaken. In fact, 2021 was the fifth straight record-setting […]
Seeking a Return While year one of the pandemic taught banks how to constantly pivot — to remote work, new modes of serving customers, and multiple phases of PPP loans […]
Some Moves of Interest For a bank that’s been around for 136 years, PeoplesBank came across commercial lending fairly recently. “My predecessor, Doug Bowen, started commercial lending at PeoplesBank […]
‘A True Win-Win’ By Mark Morris Polish National Credit Union started in 1921 with an investment of $325 and has grown to more than $700 million in assets today. But […]
Contractor or Employee? By Sarah Rose Stack Even prior to the pandemic, the ‘gig economy’ was growing at unprecedented rates. That growth has only been accelerated with more traditional […]
And Why Investors Should Consider Re-evaluating This Strategy By Jeff Liguori Humans are historically bad at long-term thinking. In the world of finance, that behavior has dramatically worsened over […]
Year-end Tax Planning As the calendar turns to December, business owners and managers — and individuals as well — have a lot to think about. At or near the top […]
Dollars and Sense By Jim Moran, CPA With 2021 drawing to a close, it is time for business owners to start thinking about year-end tax-planning opportunities to minimize 2021 […]
Open for Business Businesses didn’t stop borrowing in 2020, although much of last year’s lending activity had more to do with staying afloat with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans than […]
Gathering Storm During times of recession or economic upheaval, the last thing economists expect is for credit-card debt to fall. Yet, that’s exactly what happened during the first year […]
Rising Tide After a summer of heavy rains in Massachusetts — and across the Northeast, for that matter — plenty of homeowners discovered their insurance policies don’t cover flood damage, […]
Expanding the Footprint Berkshire Hills Bancorp Inc. and Brown & Brown Inc. recently announced the execution of a definitive agreement for the sale of the assets and operations of […]
Open for Business Holyoke-based PeoplesBank recently expanded its presence in Connecticut with a branch in West Hartford. The new location is projected to help the bank grow its already considerable […]
