The parent company of Amesbury-based Provident Bank is going fully public through a new stock offering, with plans to hold deposits for cryptocurrency companies and to grow other commercial banking services rare for an institution of its size.
The upcoming conversion, revealed in a securities filing Wednesday, follows a 2015 offering of a minority stake in the company. Provident (Nasdaq: PVBC) has just under $1 billion in assets, seven offices in northeastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and…
