Cambridge Trust parent to buy Optima Bank
10-year-old Seacoast-based bank to be acquired for $67 million
Banking and Finance
White Mountains adds another niche insurer to portfolio
Company’s NSM unit acquires Philadelphia-based firm
Goldman Sachs Foundation launches training program for New Hampshire entrepreneurs
10-week course to be offered through community colleges
New Hampshire rep takes aim at ‘zombie foreclosures’
Swanzey rep mulls legislation targeting lender’s responsibility post-foreclosure
Financial advice’s shifting landscape
Independent wealth management firms gain ground
Personal bankruptcies increase slightly in July
152 filings results in 26 percent increase from June
Student loan practices are a big New Hampshire beef
Of the six New Hampshire companies found on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau’s complaint database, five are either collection agencies or deal with student loans. That isn’t surprising, for a number of reasons. The CFPB was set up in reaction…
How many are too many banks?
Growing number of out-of-state banks set up shop in NH
What do NH consumers complain about most?
Though weakened, CFPB still serves as sounding board
Area businesspeople explore creating new Nashua-based bank
Longtime banker G. Frank Teas will lead the effort
