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The Depression-Era Passbook Bank That Grew Into an $80 Billion Northeast Powerhouse
Started with $25,000 in Depression-era Waterbury, Webster now runs $80 billion in assets and a national health-savings business - and just agreed to sell itself to Santander for $12.3 billion.
Atlantic Union Bank
Atlantic Union Bank grew from a $2,500 rural institution into a $38.1 billion Mid-Atlantic franchise. Its wager is that scale and local judgment can still share the same balance sheet.
Heron Data
Heron Data builds AI software that automates document-heavy workflows in financial services - reading, extracting, enriching and routing the messy bank statements, tax forms, applications and claims that pile up in lending, equipment finance and insurance. Founded in 2020 and operating as Open Credit Technologies, Inc., the company turns unstructured paperwork into structured data and syncs it directly into customers' CRMs. It serves 150+ fintechs, financiers and insurers, processes hundreds of thousands of documents weekly, and raised a $16M Series A led by Insight Partners in July 2025.