Middlesex Savings Bank: Mutual banks keep pace with trends but remain committed to their roots

Massachusetts is fortunate to have some of the oldest, strongest and largest mutual banks in the country, whose missions, along with the dozens of other mutual and cooperative banks headquartered here, are to provide quality banking and lending services to the households and businesses in the communities they serve. That's it. Pretty simple. In the early- to mid-1800s, while most banks were focused primarily on commercial endeavors, the mutual and cooperative banks were founded to give people...