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In less than 6 months, the U.S. Department of the Treasury will require millions of federal benefit recipients who currently receive paper checks to switch to an electronic payment method. By March 1, 2013, all federal benefit payments will be electronic. Individuals applying for benefits must now choose an electronic payment option – such as direct deposit to their bank account – at the time they apply for the benefit. Individuals who currently receive paper benefit checks must switch to an electronic payment option by March 1, 2013. This change will not affect recipients who are already receiving their benefit payments electronically. […]

In order to allow us to perform regular system maintenance, a service interruption is expected for NetTeller Online Banking on Friday, August 17. Access to NetTeller Online Banking will be intermittent starting at 8:30 pm Friday evening. During this time, customers will be unable to access some or all portions of NetTeller Online Banking. We expect NetTeller Online Banking to be fully functional at 6:00 AM on Saturday morning. If you have any questions, please contact us in the way that is most convenient.

We are proud to announce the seven local recipients of the MVSB – James D. Sutherland Memorial Scholarship. The Sutherland Scholarship is awarded annually to one graduating senior from each community in which MVSB has an office. This year’s recipients are:Kevin Bisson of New Durham, son of Eric and Laurie Bisson, will attend Maine Maritime Academy in Castine Allison Brown of Meredith, daughter of Crystal Furnée and Tom Brown, will attend the University of New Hampshire in Durham Amanda Hayden of Moultonborough, daughter of Jo and Jonathan Hayden, will attend Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia Hannah Kuehl of Plymouth, […]

Don’t miss your opportunity to participate in our 2012 Photo Contest! All entries are due by the close of business on Friday, July 27. The bank is seeking full-color photographs for its 2013 Community Calendar. Local photographers can also vie for the chance to have their photos displayed on MVSB’s website at www.mvsb.com. As in past years, amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit full-color photographs that capture the character and beauty of Belknap, Carroll and Grafton counties. Photos that convey some aspect of community/family life in the Lakes Region – such as community events, landmarks or seasonal pastimes […]

MVSB cares about the security of your accounts. We have recently learned of an increased volume of debit card fraud originating from foreign countries. As such, we have slightly altered our policies regarding foreign debit card use. Going forward, any customer who wishes to use his debit card in Canada will need to notify the Bank in order to do so. This is the same process that we currently follow when customers travel to any other foreign country. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but keeping your accounts safe is our number one priority. If you have any […]

As you prepare for your summer vacation, we’d like to remind you that all MVSB debit cards are automatically blocked for international usage. We do this to protect you – our valuable customers – from debit and credit card fraud. These crimes are much more prevalent internationally than they are domestically, so we’ve taken this preventative measure to safeguard your account information. If you’re planning to travel to another country (excluding Canada), let us know before you leave. We would be happy to assist you in turning on your debit card for international usage. Here are some tips for protecting […]

Beginning May 7, 2012, we will accept full-color photography for our 2012 Community Calendar and Website Photo Contest. Winners of the contest will have their photos displayed in MVSB’s 2013 Community Calendar or on the bank’s website at www.mvsb.com. Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit photographs that capture the character and beauty of Belknap, Carroll and Grafton counties and/or convey some aspect of community/family life, such as community events, landmarks or seasonal pastimes. Photos featuring local landscape scenes are highly encouraged – especially for the website. Photographers may enter both the calendar and website contests, but separate entry […]

Tuesday, April 24 was Teach Children to Save Day! MVSB celebrated by inviting parents to bring their children into their local MVSB office to have Pick Pigs™ – a story about saving, sharing and spending – read to them by the office managers at each of the Bank’s 11 locations. Across all of our branch offices, MVSB office managers read the story to more than 50 children. Pick Pigs™ is geared toward children ages 3-7. In the story, Julia learns examples of saving, sharing and spending from friends, neighbors and family members. She then picks which of her three Pick […]

Global Payments, Inc., a payment card processor, has identified and reported the unauthorized access into a portion of their North American processing system. According to the company, a preliminary investigation has shown that the unauthorized access has exposed Track 2 magnetic stripe data for less than 1.5 million payment cards. Track 2 typically includes card-specific information, such as the unique 16-digit card number and card expiration date. It is not believed that affected consumers’ names, addresses and social security numbers have been exposed. We have received notification that a small number of Meredith Village Savings Bank debit cards have been […]

The Bank is pleased to announce we have recently joined forces with the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) to promote the “I Love My Community Bank” movement. “I Love My Community Bank” is a grassroots movement that allows consumers and small businesses the ability to evangelize their experiences with community banks like MVSB. Its goal is to provide a creative forum for consumers and small businesses to proclaim their bragging rights on how choosing a community bank gives them distinct advantages. Consumers and small businesses can now post comments, upload photos, and deliver video testimonials about MVSB via the […]