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We take a look at a newly opened bank in New Hampshire called Walden Mutual that's focused on building the region's agricultural ecosystem one deposit and investment at a time.

Walden Mutual Bank, the first new mutual bank since 1973, offers a model for financing just food systems in New England. Here’s how it works.

It sounds like some sort of gimmick or maybe a typo, but the CEO of Walden Mutual Bank says its new 100-year CD makes sense even if you don’t plan to live for a century.“Alongside a portfolio of stocks and bonds and such, it is an economically...

This week’s episode is our second installment of our Money Talks series. In this episode, we explore how the large functions of the global economy intersect with the changing food industry. First, we look at the legacy of Pilotworks, a culinary co-working space showing the possibilities and limitations of a silicon-valley like approach to the food space. Next, we learn about the link between banking and climate change and how a bank account can support sustainable agriculture. For our last two...

Walden Mutual in New Hampshire is targeting a mid-November opening after winning final approval for its deposit insurance application from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

A new sustainable farm and food-focused digital bank is set to open in the US after raising $24 million in Special Deposit Shares.

Banking news

When Walden Mutual opens this year, it will end a decades-long dry spell for de novos owned and governed by depositors.

The first mutual bank to get a state charter in a century has started making loans as it gets one step closer to fully opening, although financial turmoil may complicate matters.“Market conditions have obviously changed quite a bit in the last six...