Banking & Finance

Efforts are underway from Central Massachusetts legislators on both sides of the political aisle to lessen the burden for borrowers.

Worcester social services nonprofit Ascentria Care Alliance announced Wednesday acquisition of the Lutheran Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center at 26 Harvard St. in Worcester, which included a $16.2-million land purchase of the property.

Webster Five Cents Savings Bank, previously based in Webster, has moved its corporate headquarters to 35 Millbury St. in Auburn, into a building previously used by a Reliant Medical Group office, the bank announced on Tuesday.

Lighthouse Biz Solutions, LLC, a cannabis financial services subsidiary of GFA Federal Credit Union in Gardner, announced Wednesday it has partnered with Strategic Resolution Partners.

Millbury Federal Credit Union announced on Thursday it has hired Keiran Holahan as its new chief financial officer. 

UniBank of Whitinsville announced on Tuesday it had named Shawn Rogan as the new president of its subsidiary, Sterling Associates.

After the U.S. Supreme Court decided this week not to take up New Hampshire's lawsuit challenging Massachusetts's taxing of residents working remotely from other states during the pandemic, members of Congress from the Granite State and Connecticut filed a bill to prevent states from taxing out-of-state workers.

Haley’s Antiques and Publishing in Athol received a coronavirus impact recovery loan from the North Central Massachusetts Development Corp.

Country Bank, headquartered in Ware, announced at its annual meeting on Monday it has pledged $1 million dollars to the Worcester County Food Bank and The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Fidelity Bank has surpassed $1 billion in assets since 2019, the Leominster financial institution announced in its 2020 annual report on Thursday.