Regional Bank Expands Fintech Partnership to Transform Digital Small Business Lending

Beacon Bank deepens its Baker Hill relationship, deploying an AI-driven origination system that cuts underwriting timelines from weeks to minutes across its small business lending portfolio. A $24 billion regional bank is signaling where digital small business lending is headed, announcing an expanded fintech partnership that brings AI-powered loan origination to small business borrowers across its full footprint. Beacon Bank, formed through the 2025 merger of Berkshire Hills Bancorp and Brookline Bancorp, confirmed on June 16 that it is broadening its long-standing relationship with Baker Hill, a financial technology provider specializing in loan origination, risk management and analytics.