Industry | Banking |
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Founded | Century Bank, 1969 |
Fate | Acquired by Eastern Bank |
Headquarters | Medford, Massachusetts, United States |
Key people | Marshall M. Sloane, Founder; Barry R. Sloane, Chairman, President & CEO; Linda Sloane Kay, Vice Chair |
Total assets | US$ 6 billion (2017) [1] |
Number of employees | 740 |
Website | CenturyBank.com [1] |
Century Bank was a bank based in Massachusetts. It was founded in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1969 by Marshall M. Sloane and at one point became the state's largest family-run bank. [2] Century Bank had over $6 billion in assets with 27 offices in 19 cities and towns in Massachusetts. [3] Marshall’s son, Barry Sloane, sat as Chairman, President & CEO while Marshall’s daughter, Linda Sloane Kay, was the Bank’s Vice Chair. Century Bank was a lender to local businesses, municipalities, not-for-profit organizations and families. Headquartered in Medford, MA, Century Bank employed more than four hundred staff. [4]
On May 1, 1969, Century Bank and Trust Company officially opened its doors in a temporary trailer parked on the M.D.C.'s sidewalk at 102 Fellsway West in Somerville. The Bank's beginning started in early 1968 with the idea of one man, Marshall M. Sloane, [5] as there was a great need for a community-based commercial bank in Somerville. By November 21, 1968, he and 20 other businessmen were granted a charter to establish the Century Bank & Trust Company. On January 10, 1969 Century Bank was incorporated, becoming the first new bank in Somerville since the mid-1800s. Opening day in the trailer saw President Marshall M. Sloane and seven employees realize the fruits of their labor. Without any promotional efforts, the new bank took in $1.1 million in deposits for a profitable first day. In four weeks, deposits had grown to $4 million; in eight weeks they were over $7 million; and by December 31, 1969, the total assets had passed the $17 million mark. Century Bank had become the fastest growing bank in Massachusetts history in its first year of operation.[ citation needed]
Century Bank was acknowledged annually in the Boston Globe 100 as one of the top performing publicly traded companies in Massachusetts. [6]
On April 7, 2021, Eastern Bankshares announced that they are merging with Century Bank with Eastern as the remaining bank. [7] [8] The merger completed on November 12, 2021. [9]