Growth strategies

The Massachusetts bank has offered wealth management services in the state for several years.

Her guidance of a former credit union through the crisis and into a profitable bank, her advocacy for reg relief and other industry priorities, and her vocal support of women seeking to knock down many of the same workplace barriers she faced make her one of our Best in Banking honorees.

The Bridgeport, Conn., company is developing a specialty in banking technology businesses. Like so many other small regionals with ambitious growth plans, it faces a tricky balancing act: how to take creative risks without getting in over its head.

The Connecticut regional bank will pay $327 million for the parent of Belmont Savings Bank.

The Florida company will have more than $16 billion in assets, along with increased scale in Georgia, when it buys National Commerce.