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Archives for 2020

Moving to Appointment Only Beginning November 24th

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Beginning on Tuesday, November 24th, our lobbies will be open by appointment only. We made this difficult decision after carefully evaluating the advice of public health experts.  Balancing the needs of our customers and the health and safety of our staff, customers and community members is of paramount concern to us. We will continue to monitor this situation closely and we are prepared to work together with you to minimize any inconvenience. For your convenience and safety, you can also bank with us by drive-up or use the following options:Online banking: note you can sign up on the front page […]

Carol Bickford Retires After 37 Years Supporting Local Mutual Banks

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After 37 years, Carol Bickford, the Senior Vice President and Retail Lending Officer for Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB), Merrimack County Savings Bank (the Merrimack) and Savings Bank of Walpole (SBW) is retiring. Bickford currently stewards the mortgage and personal lending programs for all three banks. Her last working day is December 18, 2020. Bickford joined the MVSB lending team in 1983 and quickly moved up through the ranks. She was promoted to Senior Vice President of Retail Lending at MVSB in 2009; and was promoted to include the Merrimack in 2014, and again to include Savings Bank of Walpole […]

Local Customers Reporting Norton Security Scams

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Our fraud analyst team has learned that local customers have had fraudulent pop-ups or emails on their home computers notifying the customer they have been charged an annual subscription fee for Norton Security. The pop-up or email contains a phone number for the customer to call to dispute the charge and obtain a refund. When the customer calls to dispute the charge, the fake Norton Security representative asked the customer to download a program onto their computer as part of the process to obtain the refund. The customer is then asked to login to their online banking account so they […]

Sara Lauze Promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations Officer

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Sara Lauze has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations Officer for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB). In this role, Lauze will provide leadership of loan operations, deposit operations, collections, and digital banking services for Savings Bank of Walpole, Merrimack County Savings Bank and Meredith Village Savings Bank. “Sara’s experience and expertise have been essential in the success of many of our major company-wide projects – most recently upgrading our online banking system for our banks,” noted Angela Strozewski, Executive Vice President and Senior Operations Officer. “Sara has a wonderful ability to meet the needs of our customers as well […]

Our branches and offices will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th.

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To thank our staff for their dedication to our customers, their work and our values during very difficult circumstances, we will be closed on Friday, November 27th. This is in addition to being closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 26th. We will re-open during regular business hours on Saturday, November 28th. As always, you can bank with us 24 hours a day using online banking, our mobile banking app, telephone banking or via our ATMs. Because we are closed on Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving week, transactions made after standard times on Wednesday, November 25th will not process until Monday, […]

Burnett, D’Amore, Mattson Dustin, Goldsberry, Meister, Weeks Named Corporators for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp. Kitchen Retires as Trustee.

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NHMB is pleased to announce its new Corporators who were recently confirmed by vote at the NHMB Annual Meeting: James P. Burnett III of Concord, Kelli D’Amore of Deerfield, Sarah Mattson Dustin of Contoocook, Yvonne Goldsberry of Walpole, Jennie Meister of Walpole and Daniel Weeks of Nashua. James P “Jamie” Burnett III is a consultant and owner of Sight Line Public Affairs LLC. Since 2009, he has provided strategic advice to industry-leading companies and trade associations engaged in public policy. He formerly served as the legislative director to U.S. Senator John E. Sununu and as a legislative assistant to U.S. […]

Katrina Randlett Wins of Sapphire Award from Center for Financial Training & Education Alliance

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The Center for Financial Training & Education Alliance (CFTEA) has announced that Katrina Randlett, Learning and Development Officer for New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB), has been awarded the Sapphire Award – Council of the Year. The Sapphire Award – Council of the Year recognizes innovative approaches to education that have allowed continued employee learning and enhancement during the current health crisis. In her role, Randlett oversees the planning and execution of learning and professional growth, workplace engagement and leadership development for NHMB. NHMB is a shared service organization that provides essential services to three one-hundred fifty year old mutual community […]

David Cronin Promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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New Hampshire Mutual Bancorp (NHMB) has announced that David Cronin has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for the organization. NHMB is a shared service organization that provides essential services to three one-hundred fifty year old mutual community banks in New Hampshire – Savings Bank of Walpole, Merrimack County Savings Bank (the Merrimack) and Meredith Village Savings Bank (MVSB) – as well as their sister organization NHTrust, a full-service trust and investment management firm. The services provided by NHMB to their sister companies include human resources, finance, information technology, compliance management, facilities management, risk management, […]

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