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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 […]

All of our locations will be closed Sunday, January 1, 2012 and Monday, January 2, 2012 in observance of New Year’s Day. In addition, our Plymouth Hannaford office will close at 2:00 pm on New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31. The Alton office will close at its regularly scheduled time of 1:00 pm on New Year’s Eve. The last business day of 2011 is Friday, December 30. All transactions completed before close of business on Friday, December 30 will be posted to your account in 2011. Transactions made on Saturday, December 31, 2011 will be credited on the next business […]

Just in time for holiday gift shopping, the 2012 “Dine Around the Lake” Coupon Books are now available online at www.chhnh.org, at all MVSB offices and at the Central New Hampshire Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) & Hospice office at 780 North Main Street in Laconia. Coupon Book purchasers will enjoy a selection of great restaurants from throughout the Lakes Region and beyond! The Coupon Books are available online now by going to www.chhnh.org, clicking on the menu item “How I Can Help,” and choosing “Coupon Books Online”. This year’s coupons allow the recipient to enjoy substantial savings at many different area restaurants. The price […]

The 2011 WLNH Children’s Auction, scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 6 through Saturday, Dec. 10, needs more than 2,000 items this year to meet its fundraising goal. As a long-time supporter of the Children’s Auction, we are collecting donated auction items at several MVSB branches. If you have items you would like to donate to the Children’s Auction, please bring them to selected MVSB locations during business hours prior to December 9. Be sure to leave a completed Children’s Auction Donation Form with your donation (ask a MVSB teller or CSR for a form if you need one). Beginning December 9, please bring […]

For the convenience of our customers, we’ve added great new features to our online NetBanking and NetPay pages. First, you will now be able to customize how your NetBanking and/or NetPay information is displayed with the new My NetBanking and Payment Center! These new pages have customizable icons to enable you to see the information you need on a single page. Prefer the old look? You can still use the previous NetBanking and NetPay formats if you would like. See the attached photo for an overview of what your customized My NetBanking and Payment Center page could look like. You […]

MVSB and Affordable Housing Education and Development (AHEAD) are teaming up to present a workshop for people considering purchasing their first home and for anyone interested in learning about the home buying process. The workshop is a practical guide to buying a home. Issues covered include budgeting and financial management, credit and credit reports, shopping for a home, getting a mortgage, home inspections, special financing programs and more. The workshop will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Pease Public Library in Plymouth. All participants will receive a free credit report, the “Realizing […]