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Rockland Trust Promotes Brian Kelly as Director of Retail Branch Banking

Press Releases

Rockland Trust Foundation Provides Funding for New Community Center in Manchester

August 17, 2026

Rockland Trust Promotes Brian Kelly as Director of Retail Branch Banking

August 10, 2026

Eric Johnson Joins Rockland Trust to Lead Commercial Real Estate Team in Braintree

August 7, 2026

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Personnel Announcements

2026 Releases

08/05/2026 Sep Salimi Joins Rockland Trust’s Corporate Banking Team

07/29/2026 Native Kingston Resident Acquires Indian Pond Country Club with Financing from Rockland Trust

07/22/2026 Rockland Trust Deliver $4 Million Tax-Exempt Bond to Help Glen Urquhart School

06/25/2026 Rockland Trust Invests $11M to Expand Behavioral Health Access on the South Shore with Rockland Recovery Group

06/22/2026 Rockland Trust Expands Affordable Housing Banking Team

06/01/2026 Join Rockland Trust for its 18th Annual Reading Makes Cent$ Program

04/27/2026 Rockland Trust Appoints Stephen Gogolak as Chief Marketing Officer

04/21/2026 Helen Ye Joins Rockland Trust as Senior Vice President, Franchise Finance Team Lead

03/02/2026 Rockland Trust Launches Ninth Annual Small Business, Big Dreams Contest

02/19/2026 Rockland Trust Helps Finance Neighborhood of Affordable Housing Rehabilitation Project in East Boston

02/19/2026 Rockland Trust Recognized as a Best Bank in Four Categories by Crisil Coalition Greenwich

02/04/2026 Rockland Trust Earns Equality 100 Award in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2026 Corporate Equality Index for the 10th Consecutive Year

02/03/2026 Brockton Educational Foundation Receives $25,000 Donation from Rockland Trust to Support Brockton HS Saturday School Program

01/26/2026 Funding from Rockland Trust Fuels Extensive Renovations at Springfield Apartment Affordable Housing Community

01/15/2026 YMCA of Greater Nashua Receives Rockland Trust Grant to Support Merrimack YMCA Early Education Center Transformation and Expansion

01/12/2026 Nantucket Safe Harbor for Animals Receives $50K Grant from Rockland Trust to Help Construct New Animal Resource Facility

01/20/2026 Rockland Trust Launches its 22nd Annual Scholarship Program

01/06/2026 Rockland Trust Provides $32 Million in Financing to Support Affordable Housing Development in Nantucket

01/06/2026 Granite State Children’s Alliance to Develop Statewide Headquarters and Permanent Home for Child Advocacy Center with Support from Rockland Trust

2025 Releases

01/06/2026 Rockland Trust Provides $32 Million in Financing to Support Affordable Housing Development in Nantucket

01/06/2026 Granite State Children’s Alliance to Develop Statewide Headquarters and Permanent Home for Child Advocacy Center with Support from Rockland Trust

12/16/2025 Rockland Trust Provides Financing for Kendal Village in Weston

11/20/2025 Rockland Trust Supports Food Security with Locally Led Food Drives and Donations

11/17/2025 Rockland Trust and Lynx Systems Enter New Banking Relationship

11/03/2025 Rockland Trust Funds Construction of Historic Adaptive Re-Use in Gloucester

10/29/2025 House of Possibilities Celebrates Strategic Partners Who Helped Bring Yawkey Campus Project to Groundbreaking

09/25/2025 Greg Batsevitsky Joins Bank as Senior Vice President, Middle Market and C&I Regional Executive

09/15/2025 Rockland Trust Expands Middle Market & Specialized Banking Team with the Appointment of Dean Hildreth

09/08/2025 Rockland Trust Expands Brockton Presence with New Training Facility and Call Center

08/27/2025 Helical Drilling Becomes Employee-Owned Company Through ESOP Transaction with Funding from Rockland Trust

08/12/2025 Rockland Trust Appoints Tamina O’Neill as Chief Risk Officer

08/07/2025 Rockland Trust Provides $31 Million for Tackenash Knoll in Oak Bluffs

08/01/2025 Rockland Trust Invests in Future of Business Banking with Promotions from Within

07/24/2025 Rockland Trust Named #1 Bank in Massachusetts on Forbes list of World’s Best Banks 2025

07/01/2025 Independent Bank Corp. Announces Completion of Enterprise Bancorp, Inc. Aquisition and Appointment of Kenneth S. Ansin and Joseph C. Lerner as Directors

06/30/2025 Rockland Trust Provides $28.6 Million in Financing to Corporation for Independent Living

06/17/2025 Rockland Trust Partners with POAH for Adaptive Reuse of 49 Sixth Street in East Cambridge MA as Affordable Housing

06/11/2025 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Donates $200,000 to Help Individuals and Families on Martha’s Vineyard

06/09/2025 William Buccella Joins Rockland Trust as Director of Specialized Services & Premier Banking

06/02/2025 Join Rockland Trust for its 17th Annual Reading Makes Cent$ Program

05/12/2025 X-Golf Opens Warwick Location with Funding from Rockland Trust

05/01/2025 Rockland Trust Builds on Its Legacy with New Corporate Headquarters

04/28/2025 Thomas Stapleton Appointed Senior Vice President, Director of Foreign Exchange & International Services at Rockland Trust

04/23/2025 Rockland Trust Finances New Affordable Housing Complex in North Attleboro

04/03/2025 Rockland Trust Provides Over $23 million in Financing for the Third Phase of Cable Mills in Williamstown

03/06/2025 FamilyAid Receives $90,000 from Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

03/05/2025 Signature Kitchen Expands to New Location with Support from Rockland Trust

03/03/2025 Rockland Trust Launches Eighth Annual Small Business, Big Dreams Contest

02/26/2025 Rockland Trust Awarded Best Bank in Two Categories by Crisil Coalition Greenwich

02/24/2025 Independent Bank Corp. and Rockland Trust Company Expand Board of Directors with Three Accomplished Leaders

02/21/2025 Rockland Trust Appoints John Doucette as SVP and Managing Director of Middle Market and Specialized Banking

01/28/2025 Rockland Trust Expands Presence in MetroWest with New Marlborough Branch

01/13/2025 Rockland Trust Launches its 21st Annual Scholarship Program

01/09/2025 Rockland Trust Provides Over $30 Million in Financing for Dexter Street Commons

01/07/2025 Rockland Trust Earns Equality 100 Award in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2025 Corporate Equality Index

2024 Releases

12/18/2024 Rockland Trust Appoints Brian Mason as Leader for Non-profit Banking Division

12/18/2024 Rockland Trust Acknowledged for Top-Ranking Small Business Administration Lending

12/03/2024 Independent Bank Corp. and Rockland Trust Company Appoint Director of Investor Relations

11/26/2024 Richard Muraida Promoted to Director of Commercial Real Estate Banking at Rockland Trust

11/19/2024 Rockland Trust Partners with Children’s Museum of Franklin to Create Ms. Money’s Playroom

10/07/2024 Merrill Building in Fall River Undergoing Multi-million Dollar Rehabilitation

09/24/2024 Rockland Trust Provides Financing for Historic Adaptive Reuse Development in Worcester's Lincoln Square

09/16/2024 Rockland Trust’s Investment Management Group Achieves $7 Billion Milestone

09/06/2024 Meshacket Commons in Edgartown Receives $19.75 Million in Financing from Rockland Trust

08/28/2023 Local Bank Foundation Supports YMCA of Greater Boston with $90,000 Grant and Financial Literacy Partnership

08/26/2024 Robert Paulsen Appointed as Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Center Manager of Worcester Office at Rockland Trust

08/12/2024 New Owner of Beloved Upton Restaurant Receives SBA Funding from Rockland Trust

08/05/2024 $5.9M Helps Human Services Provider Expand to Bedford

07/22/2024 Rockland Trust Awarded #1 Bank in Massachusetts on the Forbes America's Best-In-State Banks 2024

07/17/2024 Local Developer Secures Financing for Weymouth Mixed-Use Development

07/16/2024 Peter Staiti Promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial Regional Executive

06/26/2024 Over Twenty Local Nonprofits Awarded DEI Grants

06/04/2024 Rockland Trust Launches Free Summer Programming for Local Families

05/22/2024 Rockland Trust Appoints David Eidle as Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking Center Manager

05/14/2024 Nativity School of Worcester Receives $50,000 Grant from Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

05/07/2024 School on Wheels of Massachusetts Receives $30,000 Grant from Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

04/30/2024 Rockland Trust Finances Dean’s Crossing in Taunton

04/22/2024 Hijjar Management Partners with Rockland Trust to Reimagine Sacred Heart Church into Housing

03/25/2024 Rockland Trust purchased $25M Bond to Help Boston Day School Buy Building

03/25/2024 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Launches its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Grant Program

03/18/2024 Rockland Trust Provides Financing for Adaptive Re-Use Redevelopment of Eagle Mill Complex

03/06/2024 Rockland Trust Finances Boston Pinnacle Properties' Residential Conversion

03/06/2024 $40M Brings Affordable Housing to Brookline

03/04/2024 Rockland Trust Launches its Seventh Annual Small Business, Big Dreams Contest

02/21/2024 Rockland Trust Recognized for Customer Satisfaction Excellence in Middle Market Banking

02/13/2024 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Awards $60,000 to Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation

02/07/2024 Michael Cassata Joins Rockland Trust as Business Owner Advisory Strategist

02/05/2024 Feeding Opportunity - Root NS Receives Grant for Culinary Training Program

02/01/2024 Rockland Trust Earns "Outstanding" Rating on Recent CRA Exam

01/29/2024 Peregrine Group Secures Financing from Rockland Trust for Newport Development

01/04/2024 Rockland Trust Appoints Joe Wadlinger as Regional Executive North of Boston

01/03/2024 Rockland Trust Launches its 20th Annual Scholarship Program

2023 Releases

12/19/2023 Boris Nusinov Joins Rockland Trust as SVP, Commercial Lending Center Manager

12/18/2023 Rockland Trust Named Top SBA 504 Third Party Lender in Massachusetts

12/11/2023 ABI-Labs Receives $13 Million in Financing for Expansion from Rockland Trust

12/08/2023 Advanced Electronic Systems, LLC Secures $5 Million in Financing

12/04/2023 Rockland Trust Provides Financing for Non-Profit School Expansion Plans

11/30/2023 Rockland Trust Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index

12/08/2023 Rockland Trust Provides $12.5 Million for Affordable Housing Development in Bourne

11/13/2023 Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital Receives $150,000 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

10/26/2023 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Grants $75,000 to More Than Words

09/25/2023 Local Chef Partners with Rockland Trust to Make their Dreams a Reality

09/18/2023 Rockland Trust Appoints Lee C. Powlus as Chief Technology and Operations Officer

08/29/2023 NeighborWorks Housing Solutions Receives $60,000 Grant

08/14/2023 Rockland Trust Launches Interactive K-5 Musical Money Classroom

08/03/2023 Rockland Trust Provides $4 Million in Financing for the Greendale Revitalization Initiative

08/03/2023 Cardinal Cushing Centers Receives $30,000 Grant for the MarketPlace

07/19/2023 Rockland Trust Welcomes Ryan Weinberg, Esq., as SVP, Lending Center Manager for Peabody

07/17/2023 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Announces Recipients of its Racial Equity Grant Program

06/21/2023 Manuel Vales Joins Rockland Trust's Providence Commercial Lending Team

06/06/2023 New Medical Building with Lab Services Coming to Medway

05/22/2023 Rockland Trust Appoints Patricia Natale as General Counsel

05/22/2023 Join Rockland Trust for a fun-filled summer of financial education and literacy initiatives

04/27/2023 Lisa Antoniotti Elevated to AVP, Business Banking Officer for the Greater Worcester Community

04/24/2023 Another Milestone Crossed for Rockland Trust's Investment Management Group

04/18/2023 Rockland Trust Named #1 in Massachusetts on Forbes' World's Best Banks List

04/12/2023 Independent Bank Corp., bank holding company of Rockland Trust Co. Ranked #5 in Top Public Banks in 2022

04/03/2023 Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Launches a Specialized Grant Program for Non-Profits across Massachusetts and Rhode Island

03/20/2023 Rockland Trust Announces Significant Changes to Overdraft Services for Personal Accounts

03/20/2023 Rockland Trust Promotes Talent From Within to Expand Executive Leadership Team

03/13/2023 LBC Boston Receives $50 Million in Financing for Newest Project in Quincy

03/06/2023 Rockland Trust Expands North Shore Business Banking Teams

02/09/2023 Community Mentoring Team Receives a $75,000 Grant from the Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

02/08/2023 EforAll Cape Cod Receives $30,000 from the Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation

02/06/2023 Rockland Trust's Worcester Commercial Lending Team Promotes Shawn Moeller

01/30/2023 Rockland Trust Promotes Kathryn O'Malley and James Rizzo to Executive Leadership Team

01/24/2023 Rockland Trust's Investment Management Group Announces a Record Year with $5.8 Billion Assets Under Administration

01/23/2023 Rockland Trust Launches its 19th Annual Scholarship Program

01/17/2023 Phillip Murphy Joins Rockland Trust's Corporate Banking Team

01/09/2023 Rockland Trust Company and Independent Bank Corp. Appoint Jeffrey J. Tengel as Chief Executive Officer

In the News

August 2026

Dave Smith, EVP Chief Investment Officer in the Boston Business Journal.

August 2026

Julie Beckham, AVP/Financial Education Development & Strategy Officer, featured in Business Insider.

July 2026

Julie Beckham AVP, Financial Education Development & Strategy Officer featured on WCVB.

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June 2026 Bob Driscoll, SVP & Director of Residential Lending, featured on CNN Underscored.

June 2024 Dave Elde, SVP, Commercial Lending Center Manager, featured in Banker & Tradesman, Relationships for the Long Haul.

March 2024 Eve Elliott, VP, Business Banking Officer featured on WATD's Morning News to discuss the Small Business, Big Dreams Contest.

February 2024 Bob Driscoll, SVP & Director of Residential Lending features in the New York Times Should You Consider Buying Your Childhood Home?

October 2023 Bob Driscoll, SVP & Director of Consumer Real Estate Lending features in US News Buying a House With Friends? Avoid Disaster With These Tips

August 2023 Jeff Tengel CEO featured on WATD with South Shore Chamber

July 2023 Jeff Tengel CEO, featured on Capital Analytics Associates

March 2023 Jeff Tengel CEO, featured in Banker & Tradesman "A New Leader at Rockland Trust"

February 2023 Rockland Trust Bucks Tough Wealth Management Market

November 2022 A Secret Great Leaders Knows Employee Trust Matters More than Anything

September 2022 Five Questions with Dawn Mugford

May 2022 Finding Your Financial Footing

April 2021 A Branch Expansion While Other Retreat

Quarterly Earnings

Q2 2026 Earnings Release

Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced 2026 second quarter net income of $81.8 million.

Q1 2026 Earnings Release

Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced 2026 first quarter net income of $79.9 million.

Q4 2025 Earnings Release

Independent Bank Corp. (Nasdaq Global Select Market: INDB), parent of Rockland Trust Company, today announced 2025 fourth quarter net income of $75.3 million.

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