The Savings Bank
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Formerly | Wakefield Savings Bank (1989) |
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Company type | Bank |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1869 |
Headquarters | Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States |
Number of locations | 9 branches (2023) |
Area served | Andover, Lawrence, Lynnfield, Melrose, Methuen, Middleton, North Reading, Reading, Saugus, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington |
Key people |
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Products | Savings; checking; consumer loans; mortgages; online banking |
Total assets | ![]() |
Number of employees | 115 (2023) |
Subsidiaries | Wakefield Bancorp, MHC |
Website | tsbdirect.bank |
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The Savings Bank (formerly Wakefield Savings Bank) is a state-chartered mutual bank, headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts and founded in 1869. It is one of the oldest banks in the United States.[2] The Savings Bank has over $780 million in assets, and 9 branches, serving residents of Wakefield, Lynnfield, Andover, Methuen, North Reading, and surrounding cities and towns.[1] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wakefield Bancorp, MHC,[3]
History
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The Savings Bank's heritage started in early 1869 with the idea of Cyrus Wakefield, Who along with other business leaders, petitioned for a charter to open a savings bank in Wakefield, Massachusetts.[4] Starting with one physical location in 1869, the bank was chartered as the Wakefield Savings Bank. By 1871, the Wakefield Savings Bank had over $60,000 in deposits and over 500 depositors.[5]
In 1981, The Savings Bank earned national and international recognition[6] with the opening of the first student-operated banking branch in the nation, named the 1st Educational Savings Branch at Wakefield Memorial High School. In 2004, the branch was awarded an honorary certificate of recognition for its efforts in teaching financial education to high school students by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.[7]
In 1985 The Savings Bank became FDIC insured and was assigned the FDIC certification number 90291.[8]
In 1989, the bank's name changed to The Savings Bank to reflect its broader geographic footprint.
In 1997 the Trust Department of the bank was established, and the bank expanded its services to include Wealth Management services.
In 2005, The Savings Bank acquired the First Financial Trust, N.A.
In early 2013, The Savings Bank petitioned the Division of Banks (Division) and the Board of Bank Incorporation (Board) pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapters 167A and 167H, for permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company.[9] On April 30, 2013, The Savings Bank reorganized into a mutual holding company, Wakefield Bancorp, MHC with a mid-tier holding company, Wakefield Bancorp, Inc.[10]
In 2019, The Savings Bank celebrated its 150th anniversary.[11]
In 2021, The Savings Bank launched student financial literacy program.[12]
In early 2023, The Savings Bank put an addition adjacent to the Bank's Main Office at 357 Main Street. The two-story expansion houses the Bank's Commercial Banking, Human Resources, Training, Facilities, and IT departments.[13]
In June 2023, The Savings Bank changed its website address from www.tsbawake24.com to www.tsbdirect.bank. A domain ending with .bank helps prevent cyberattacks through added layers of protection. Like with .gov or .edu, .bank is a gated domain, but only for verified and authenticated banks. The Savings Bank became a Cybersecurity Pioneer at fTLD[14]
Services
- Personal and business checking and savings
- Money market
- CDs
- Individual Retirement Account savings
- Commercial lending
- Cash management services
- Auto loans
- Personal loans
- Mortgage loans
- Home equity loans
- Free online banking
- Electronic bill pay and electronic statements
- Free mobile banking access
- Free financial counselling
- Wealth management services
- Financial seminars
- Debit cards
- Direct deposit
Community involvement and charitable efforts
In 1997, The Savings Bank purchased, renovated, and restored the Odd Fellows building, one of Wakefield's landmarks, originally built in 1895, that suffered extensive damage in a devastating fire on January 24, 1997.[15][16]
In 1997, The Savings Bank established the Charitable Foundation, Inc. The foundation supports non-profit organizations whose primary focus is on homeless shelters, family services, the poor, and the elderly.[17]
In 2001, The Savings Bank established the Donald E. Garrant Foundation, Inc. in tribute to the memory of Don Garrant, former President and Chief Executive Officer of The Savings Bank during 1980- 1992. [18] The foundation supports projects in public and private schools, grades K-12, and non-profit organizations that promote financial education in saving, investing, borrowing and credit, and economics.
Since their founding, The Savings Bank Charitable Foundation and the Donald E. Garrant Foundation together have given back more than $1 million to community efforts.[19]
In 2013, The Savings Bank was rated as "high satisfactory" on the Service Test performance under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), and "satisfactory" on the Lending and Investment Tests performance, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, for the bank's efforts in providing financial and personal empowerment through innovative and flexible lending programs designed to meet the credit needs of low and moderate-income borrowers, first-time homebuyers, and small businesses.[20] In 2019, The Savings Bank was rated as "satisfactory" by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for its performance under the CRA.[21]
In 2018 and 2019, The Savings Bank provided a temporary home to the Tall Spire pre-school, previously located in Wakefield's First Baptist Church, that suffered extensive fire damage on October 24, 2018.[22][23] The bank also collected monetary donations to help support the First Baptist Church.[24]
Recognition and awards
In March 2021, The Savings Bank wins two regional awards [25]at the New England Financial Marketing Association
In 2020, The Savings Bank received the Winner #2 Choice award in the category Community Bank / Credit Union in the Wicked Local Reader's Choice Awards.[26]
In 2006, The Savings Bank was presented with a Friend of Public Education Award by The Massachusetts Association of School Committees, based on nominations from the individual School Committees throughout Massachusetts.[27]
References
- ^ a b "US Bank Locations: The Savings Bank". usbanklocations.com. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
- ^ "America's Oldest Banks". ibanknet.com. 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
- ^ "WAKEFIELD BANCORP MHC Financial Reports". ibanknet.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Wulff, Jim (2016-11-30). "The Remarkable Mr. Wakefield". wakefieldhistory.org. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Savings Banks, Including the Abstracts of Returns from the Savings Institutions in Massachusetts, 1871 - State Library of Massachusetts Electronic Repository" (PDF). core.ac.uk. p. 76. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ BANK, COURTESY OF THE SAVINGS. "1st Educational Savings Branch celebrates 40th anniversary". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Wayne A. Abernathy Presented Honorary Certificate of Recognition - U.S. Department of the Treasury". treasury.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Find Banks and Credit Unions - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation". Mass.gov. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "The Savings Bank, Wakefield, Massachusetts - permission to reorganize into a mutual holding company". mass.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Massachusetts Divisions of Banks 2013 Annual Report" (PDF). mass.gov. p. 16. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "TSB Turns 150 Sunday - The Wakefield Daily Item". localheadlinenews.com. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Content, Community. "The Savings Bank launches student financial literacy program". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ Tradesman, Banker & (2022-07-11). "Wakefield-based The Savings Bank Builds Addition on Main Office". Banker & Tradesman. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Map of .BANK'ers". register.BANK. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- ^ "Fires - Wakefield Library". wakefieldlibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Historic Downtown Wakefield Tour". wakefieldhistory.wordpress.com. 2 October 2015. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, Inc. – The Savings Bank – Massachusetts". The Savings Bank. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "The Donald E. Garrant Foundation, Inc. – The Savings Bank – Massachusetts". The Savings Bank. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ "Annual Report 2019 Wakefield Bancorp, MHC" (PDF). tsbawake24.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION - THE SAVINGS BANK" (PDF). archives.lib.state.ma.us. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Divisions of Banks and Board of Bank Incorporation Activity Report". mass.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "In Daylight, Loss Of Wakefield Landmark Is Tough To See". patch.com. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The Savings Bank provides temporary home to Tall Spire". localheadlinenews.com. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Hurd School a possibility for Tall Spire". localheadlinenews.com. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "The Savings Bank wins two regional awards". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
- ^ "Wakefield Local Services Winner Listings". wickedlocal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "TOWN of WAKEFIELD 195th Annual Report 2006" (PDF). archives.lib.state.ma.us. p. 64. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
External links
- Official website
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- Incorporated in 1812
- Based in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Population 27,090
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- Camp Curtis Guild
- Center for Applied Special Technology
- Daily Item
- Daily Times Chronicle
- Hockey East (headquartered in Wakefield)
- Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
- MBTA bus routes
- MBTA stations
- Wakefield
- Greenwood
- Nazareth Academy
- Our Lady of Nazareth Academy
- Paul K. Guillow, Inc.
- Wakefield High School (WHS)
- Wakefield Savings Bank
- Xura, Inc.
- Pleasure Island (defunct)
- Lake Quannapowitt
- Saugus River
- Russell Banks
- Lucius Beebe
- Elizabeth Boit
- Bruce Brown Jr.
- Scott Brown
- Joe Cannata
- Rich Ceisler
- Carleton S. Coon
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- Marcia Pankratz
- Jimmy Pedro
- Quonopohit
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Louis Sullivan
- Richard Tisei
- Ernest Tyzzer
- John Anthony Volpe
- Cyrus Wakefield (namesake)
- Burrage Yale
(Houses)
- 18A & 20 Aborn Av.
- 6 Adams St.
- 380 Albion St.
- Avon St.
- 5 Bennett St.
- E. Boardman House
- Elizabeth Boit House
- Chestnut St.
- 39 Converse St.
- 28 Cordis St.
- Cowdry Houses
- 40 Crescent St.
- Emerson-Franklin Poole House
- 26 Francis Av.
- Captain Goodwin-James Eustis House
- Samuel Gould House
- Capt. William Green House
- Deacon Daniel Green House
- 118 Greenwood St.
- 20 Hancock Rd.
- 42 Hopkins St.
- Dr. Charles Jordan House
- Deacon Thomas Kendall House
- 15 Lawrence St.
- Lawrence St.
- 556 Lowell St.
- Main St.
- 1 Morrison Av.
- Morrison Rd.
- 2 Nichols St.
- 509 North Av.
- 52 Oak St.
- Oliver House
- Park St.
- 22 Parker Rd.
- Prospect St.
- Richardson Avenue Rowhouses
- Dr. S. O. Richardson House
- Salem St.
- Sheffield Rd.
- Dr. Thomas Simpson House
- 54 Spring St.
- William Stimpson House
- Sweetser Houses
- D. Horace Tilton House
- 193 Vernon St.
- 12 W. Water St.
- Wave Av.
- 9 White Av.
- 28 Wiley St.
- Suell Winn House
- Charles Winship House
- 1 Woodcrest Dr.
(Buildings and Districts)
- Beacon Street Tomb
- Beebe Homestead
- Center (or Centre) Depot
- Church–Lafayette Sts. Hist. Dist.
- Common District
- Flanley's Block
- Greenwood Union Church
- Col. James Hartshorne House
- Item Building
- Lakeside Cemetery Chapel
- Lynnwood
- Massachusetts State Armory
- South Reading Academy
- St. Joseph School
- Temple Israel Cemetery
- Main Post Office
- Wakefield Park
- Wakefield Rattan Company
- Wakefield Trust Company
- Wakefield Upper Depot
- H. M. Warren School
- West Ward School
- Woodville School
- Woodward Homestead
- Yale Avenue Historic District
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