Banking & Finance

Framingham healthcare intelligence company Definitive Healthcare Corp. announced in a Tuesday release it will offer 15,555,555 shares of its class A common stock in an initial public offering on the Nasdaq.

Boston-based holding company Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Berkshire Bank, announced on Wednesday the retirement of Board Chairperson J. Williar Dunlaevy, and the appointment of David Brunelle as successor.

While the banking industry maintained stability throughout the pandemic, the question that remains is whether financial institutions can withstand another crisis situation. 

St. Mary’s Credit Union, headquartered in Marlborough, on Monday announced it named Frank Borawski as the $972-million institution’s new chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance, filling the position left vacant when Larissa Thurston was promoted to president and CEO.

Independent Bank Corp., the parent company of the Rockland Trust bank, received shareholder approval for its $1.15-billion merger with the parent company of East Boston Savings Bank, according to a Thursday announcement.

GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner on Thursday announced it appointed Tom McGregor as executive vice president and chief lending officer, a role previously held by Joan Moran who served as SVP and chief lending officer before accepting another job opportunity in May.

Twenty-one years after voters approved a tax deduction for charitable donations, the House on Wednesday voted to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto and postpone for another year the tax break that non-profits said would help encourage residents to support an industry hurting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. of Worcester reported a profit of $128.5 million for the company’s second quarter in an earnings report released on Tuesday.

Sloane M. Perron, an adjunct professor at Anna Maria College in Paxton, has joined the WBJ newsroom as a staff writer, primarily covering banking & finance.

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