Fidelity Co-operative Bank

Fidelity Bank Chief LifeDesign Officer Sherri Pitcher is focused on culture and customer engagement.

Fidelity Bank has promoted a well-known name in Central Massachusetts business, Sherri Pitcher, to a newly created role of chief LifeDesign officer to oversee a program that prioritizes client and community relations.

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Fidelity Bank's assets grew by 14% last year, landing it in what the Leominster bank says is in the top one-tenth nationally in growth rates.

Because of the federal tax changes, Fidelity Bank in Leominster said on Wednesday it is raising its minimum wage to $15 and is giving staff members below the level of vice president a $500 bonus.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank and Gardner-based Colonial Co-operative Bank will merge to create a financial institution with assets of $870 million.

Sherri Pitcher, senior director of business development at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, is leaving the chamber later this month to take a job with Fidelity Bank.

Leominster-based Fidelity Bank has announced new management hires at branches in Worcester, Princeton and Fitchburg.

Thanks mostly to its merger with Barre Savings Bank in April, Fidelity Bank has grown to the second largest mutual bank in Worcester County.

Fidelity Bank has hired Brenda Woods as the bank's new Gardner branch manager and a vice president.