Interchange Bank Opens New Office In Ramsey.Business Editors SADDLE BROOK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 2000 Interchange Bank, Bergen County's largest independent community bank, has opened it's seventeenth office in the county at 161 North Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey. Mayor John L. Scerbo, along with other borough dignitaries and Interchange Bank executives, attended a ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which on October 24. The office features a full-service lobby, ATM machine, and drive-in window. This newest office will also feature a separate area offering Investment and Insurance products along with a full time Investment Advisor Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and for free financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against . A Grand Opening celebration was held recently to mark the official opening of the office. Hundreds of area residents attended the one-day event one-day event a contraction of the three-day event but like that contest is aimed at selecting the best all-round horse and rider. The events usually contested are show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. and were invited to participate in special promotions being offered through November in conjunction with the opening. Anthony S. Abbate, president and chief executive officer of Interchange Bank, commenting on the new branch, said, "Our new Ramsey Office is a natural location to further our expansion in northwest Bergen County. The Bank recently opened an office in Waldwick. Now, with the addition of Ramsey, and the existence of offices in Franklin Lakes and Oakland, we offer our customers even greater convenience. We are exceptionally proud of our new Investment and Insurance area at Ramsey. Our customers, both area residents and businesses, can avail themselves of alternative financial products, such as term life and homeowners insurance, retirement planning, online stock trading, and other value-added products and services." As part of the opening festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , a donation of $5.00 was made to the Ramsey Volunteer Rescue Squad for each new account opened on the day of the Grand Opening. An additional donation of $250 was made to Shelter Our Sisters, an organization that provides shelter for battered women. Staff at the new office will include Jackye Smith, manager, Donna Fogarty, Sr. Customer Service Representative, Georgia Angelikas, Customer Service Representative, Rebecca Liebmann, head teller, and teller Tara Thompkins. Headquartered in Saddle Brook, Interchange Bank operates offices in Elmwood Park, Franklin Lakes, Garfield, Hillsdale, Little Ferry, Lodi Lodi, city, Italy Lodi (lô`dē), city (1991 pop. 42,250), Lombardy, N Italy, on the Adda River, near Milan. It is an important dairy and light industrial center. , Montvale, Oakland, Paramus, Park Ridge, River Edge, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook, Waldwick and Washington Township. Additional information about products and services, as well as online banking access, is available on the Bank's web site at interchangebank.com. The Bank's Parent Company, Interchange Financial Services Corporation, is traded on the American Stock Exchange American Stock Exchange (AMEX) Stock exchange in the U.S. Originally known as “the Curb,” it began as an outdoor marketplace in New York City c. 1850. It moved indoors to its present location in the Wall Street area in 1921. under the symbol IFC (Internet Foundation Classes) A class library from Netscape that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. IFC was later made part of the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). See JFC, AFC and AWT. See also ICF. . |
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