Reading Cooperative Bank in Reading, Massachusetts, and Wakefield Co-operative Bank in Wakefield, Massachusetts, are planning to merge.
The merged bank will operate as Reading Cooperative and will be led by Julieann Thurlow, the $922 million-asset Reading Cooperative’s president and CEO. Jeffrey Worth, the $313 million-asset Wakefield Co-operative’s president and CEO, will serve as president. The merger is expected to be completed in the second quarter.
M&A News is reported by Paul Davis and reprinted with permission as an adaptation of the material from TheBankSlate.com.