Fairfield County Business Journal + Focus Section : Banking & Finance

Commerce Bank, a fast-growing banking presence in Westchester County and southern Connecticut, ranked highest in customer satisfaction in both the mid-Atlantic region and the nation in a recently released independent study of retail banking satisfaction.

From the court room to the board room
Attorney-turned-financial adviser finds room to grow in Ridgefield
By BOB CHUVALA

Rand Guffey sort of meandered his way into being a lawyer three of his four uncles were lawyers and as an undergraduate “I ran with a pack of people at Harvard who mostly went to law school” and did that for 30 years. Then, because he was tired of commuting from Westchester County to Manhattan, he decided to move into financial planning.

Bank leapfrogs Fairfield for Westchester
Citizens has seven New York branches, headed for 70
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

In neighboring Westchester County, Citizens Bank has just opened its seventh branch after arriving in the county three years ago.

Fresh scrutiny for subprimes
By ALEXANDER SOULE

An early leader in anti-predatory lending law, the Connecticut General Assembly made only minor revisions to state law in 2007 to address the subprime mortgage crisis, but the Rell administration may be planning a more significant revamp next year.

Patriot enters Westchester market
By CHRISTINA OCCHIPINTI

Patriot National Bank, headquartered in Stamford, is bringing its “banking revolution” to Westchester County, N.Y., with its newest branch in Bedford.