Rockland Trust customer Farima Benson and her business partner and son Zachary Leone partnered with our own senior vice president of Commercial Banking Justin DeShaw. “We're just there to support them and be there when they need us. We need to be the umbrella on a rainy day, and not the opposite,” he says. “It's inspiring, really. You know, we as bankers do our best to support those businesses in our communities that employ people, generate revenues, and just become anchors in the community.” That backing made all the difference. "They supported us from the get-go and made expansion feel possible," says Leone. "They saw the numbers, and they were ready to get behind our ambitions." Click here to read more about Farima story in the Boston Globe.
