Willimantic-based SI Financial Group Inc., the holding company for Savings Institute Bank and Trust Co., has completed its acquisition of Newport Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Newport Federal Savings Bank.

First County Bank is helping customers prepare for hurricane season by providing them with tips on how to stay safe physically and financially during violent weather.

It has been nearly five years since the U.S. Federal Reserve slid into quantitative easing, the deployment of artificially created money into the bond market. QE could have been worse, and it should have been better.

SI Financial Group, the holding company for the Willimantic-headquartered Savings Institute Bank and Trust Co., today announced new terms of its merger agreement with Newport Bancorp, per the votes of the latter’s shareholders.

Bridgeport-based People’s United Community Foundation has given a $100,000 grant to DonorsChoose.org.

Net income at FDIC-insured institutions continued to rise during the second quarter, boosted primarily by increasing noninterest income and falling loan losses, the agency said this week.

Digital technologies, including social media, smartphones, the cloud and big data, have transformed our personal lives. The bottom line: It’s time to turn those technologies into business benefits, particularly when it comes to corporate governance, organizational strategy and capital allocation.

Stamford-based First County Bank, presenting sponsor of the 36th Annual Norwalk Seaport Association’s Oyster Festival, has given $20,000 to organization in support of the festival.

Webster Bank’s new flagship banking center opened in Waterbury on Monday.

The First County Bank Foundation recently gave $80,484 in grants to 15 nonprofits in Darien and New Canaan.