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

Apple Pay mobile is now available for UniBank Visa debit card users.

ROGER ROBINSON of Webster Five Cents Savings Bank was promoted from assistant branch manager to branch manager...

The mortgage market for home purchases in Central Massachusetts is growing on a rising tide of sales, just in time for an expected slowdown in refinancing.

SUSAN RHEAULT was promoted to supervisor of operations at Hometown Bank in Oxford. Rheault has been working...

The transition from military to civilian life is a notoriously tough one, but many veterans have a set of skills that's well suited to running a business. And there are a number of public- and private-sector resources devoted to helping ex-military people move into the business world.

Given its origins as a credit union specifically for employees of technology pioneer Digital Equipment Corp., it's no surprise that Digital Federal Credit Union serves a lot of people who like fancy gadgets. So when new technology comes along, DCU tends to jump on board.

UniBank has committed to loaning $5 million to military service members, veterans and their families.

Whitinsville-based UniBank has selected Charter Business to provide it with wide area network fiber service and high-speed internet to support online services and other technology initiatives, according to a statement from Charter Communications.

When it comes to bank consolidation, Central Massachusetts has always bucked the trend. Twenty years ago, 37 of the nation's largest banks had morphed into just four institutions by 2010, according to the Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, Central Massachusetts was home to 39 banks, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Nearly two decades later, it's still home to 27.