Farmington Bank has launched an online mortgage application on its website.

SBT Bancorp Inc., the holding company of Simsbury Bank, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 12-cents per share.

Willimantic-based Savings Institute Bank & Trust Co. Employees’ Caring & Giving Program recently awarded second quarter contributions of $4,150 to 14 charitable organizations.

Every month, many of Connecticut’s bankers get together for drinks and talk at the Connecticut Community Bankers Association dinner. It’s a convivial gathering, where most faces are familiar – and it shows just how tight-knit the local banking industry is.

New Haven-based NewAlliance Bancshares, parent to NewAlliance Bank, has been acquired by New York-based Niagara Financial Group, according to published reports.

Connecticut businesses have reported that credit conditions are continuing to slowly improve, according to the Connecticut Business and Industry Association.

Naugatuck Savings Bank has developed a new lead abatement lending program for residents in the Naugatuck Valley Health District.

In addition to learning how to manage money and pay bills on time, college students should also be taught how to protect themselves again identity theft, the Connecticut Better Business Bureau said.

Rod Rivera has been appointed by Citizens Financial Group as the managing director of its for-profit healthcare banking division in its Stamford office.

Rockville Financial Inc., the parent company of Rockville Bank, has declared a quarterly dividend of 6 cents.

A former local bank vice president has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $1 million to gamble and pay his mortgage, credit card bills and car payments.

The Farmington Bank Foundation, the charitable arm of Farmington Bank, recently donated $3,500 to Roaring Brook Elementary School in Avon as part of its sponsorship of the 2010 Hartford Stage Connections Program.

Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn is requesting a form of probation to settle charges that he broke into a Salisbury bank while drunk and armed in January, thinking it was his home.

The board of directors of Enfield-based New England Bancshares Inc., parent company of New England Bank, has declared a cash dividend for the quarter ended June 30 of 2 cents per share.

Stamford-based First County Bank Foundation, the charitable arm of First County Bank, has granted $70,500 to nine Stamford nonprofits.

Waterbury’s Webster Bank, the main subsidiary of Webster Financial Corp. has provided $13.5 million in financing for Diesel Direct Inc., of Stoughton, Mass.

Stamford’s Patriot National Bancorp Inc., the parent of Patriot National Bank, reported a loss of $1.4 million, compared to a net loss of $4.6 million for the same period last year.