Banking & Finance

Check out the latest Central Massachusetts professionals getting hired and promoted.

These stories from seven Central Mass. women professionals detail how sexual harassment has long-lasting and wide-ranging impact on people and company productivity.

One bill filed last year by Sen. Jason Lewis (D-Winchester), would require any public company headquartered in Mass. to have at least one female board member by the end of 2021.

A 2019 WBJ investigation into the gender breakdown of the leadership at 75 Central Massachusetts prominent business organizations found 35% were women, an increase from 33% in 2018. This year, the percentage went backward.

Altaf Ahmed, a 38-year-old banker, has more than 20 years of experience in senior positions at various Massachusetts lenders, most recently at Bank of America in Boston where he managed the growth of its retail market. 

Steven Duvarney, 52, of Lancaster has been re-elected as chairman and Brian Galonek of Sturbridge as vice chairman to bankHometown's board of directors.

Congress enacted the Opportunity Zone program three years ago to provide tax incentives for investment in low-income communities. But will investors seize the opportunity?

More than half dozen economists interviewed by WBJ said the cost overruns will make Polar Park far less likely to come close to paying for itself after it opens in 2021.

Three months after Synergy Investments paid $16.5 million for the 24-story Worcester Plaza, the glass office tower in the downtown, the Boston developer is looking at other properties in the city.

Three long-term employees of the IC Federal Credit Union have been promoted to its executive team, according to Anthony Emerson, president and CEO of the Fitchburg-based lender.