Provident Bank of New Jersey

Provident Bank

Type| Public

Traded as

| NYSE: PFS
S&P 600 Component
Industry| Finance, Banking
Founded| February 27, 1839; 187 years ago (1839-02-27)
Headquarters|

Iselin, New Jersey

United States [1]

Key people

* Christopher Martin (Executive Chairman)
* Anthony Labozzetta (President & CEO)
* Thomas Lyons (SEVP] & CFO)
* Bennett MacDougall (Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary)[2]
* Thomas Shara (Executive Vice Chairman)

[3]
Services| Financial services

Net income

| US$115.5 million (2024) [2]
Total assets| US$24 billion (2024) [2]
Parent| Provident Financial Services, Inc
Website| https://www.provident.bank/
The Old Beehive Building, 239 Washington St, Jersey City

Provident Financial Services, Inc. is the holding company for Provident Bank. Established in 1839, Provident Bank provides financial services for businesses, individuals and families in New Jersey, New York, and eastern Pennsylvania. The bank offers a broad array of deposit, loan, and investment products as well as trust, fiduciary and wealth management services through its wholly owned subsidiary, Beacon Trust Company.

Provident Bank is currently the third largest bank headquartered in New Jersey by deposit market share and the oldest community bank in New Jersey.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Corporate history
* 1.1 Acquisition of The First National Bank of Dunellen
* 1.2 Merger with Bloomfield Savings Bank
* 1.3 Team Capital
* 1.4 SB One Bank acquisition
* 1.5 Lakeland Bank acquisition
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Corporate history

The Provident Institution for Savings was originally chartered by the State of New Jersey in 1839, becoming the first mutual savings bank in the history of the state.[5][6] The first President was John F. Ellis from 1839 to 1841.[7] Co-founder Dudley S. Gregory became President in 1841 and held the job until his retirement in 1874.[5] Due to the general public mistrust of banks resulting from the Panic of 1837, it did not accept its first deposit of $227 until October 16, 1843.[5] The Provident was run out of a room in Jersey City's Temperance Hall until moving to the office of Treasurer Peter Bentley in 1846.[7] By 1875, Provident had assets of $3.5 million.[5]

A run on the bank occurred on May 12, 1882 following the attempted suicide of Edmund W. Kingsland, the bank's Treasurer, in his office.[8] The run on the bank ceased when an independent audit proved all accounts were in order.[9] Kingsland survived the suicide attempt.[10]

In 1989, The Provident Savings Bank celebrated its 150th anniversary.

### Acquisition of The First National Bank of Dunellen

In 1978, Provident acquired the First National Bank of Dunellen. This was a pioneering move. No one had ever heard of a savings bank buying out a commercial bank. When the deal was complete, however, Provident had increased its assets by $20 million and added two new branch offices – Dunellen and Green Brook.[11]

### Merger with Bloomfield Savings Bank

Controlled growth solidified Provident’s status as a stalwart financial institution. A landmark event in the history of both Provident and its neighboring competitor Bloomfield Savings Institution was marked in 1983 when they announced a merger that would create a billion-dollar plus bank.[citation needed]

### Team Capital

In 2014, Provident merged with Team Capital.[4]

### SB One Bank acquisition

In March 2020, Provident announced its intention to acquire SB One Bank (formerly Sussex Bank) for $208.9 million.[12] The deal closed on July 31, 2020.[13]

### Lakeland Bank acquisition

In September 2022, Provident announced that they agreed to acquire Lakeland Bancorp, Inc.(NASDAQ: LBAI), bank holding company for Lakeland Bank, based in Oak Ridge, New Jersey, for approximately $1.3 billion.[14] The deal closed in the first quarter of 2024. The go-live date for the conversion of Lakeland Bank into Provident was scheduled for September 3, 2024, after Labor Day weekend.

## See also

* Provident Institution for Sav. v. Mayor of Jersey City

## References

1. ↑ "Contact Us | Provident Bank". https://www.provident.bank/contact-us.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828025012235/pfs022_x2024xv2ocxcl-final.pdf___.YXAzOnZlc3RlZDphOmc6YmIzNDRkMzEzYzQ1MTg5ZmQxYzcwYzVlYWMwNmYzYjg6Njo1YzM1OmI3YTBlMWY5NGMxYTRkNDc0YmZkNzFjMGI0ZDA0YjhhMDEwYWFjMGE1YWY4NWU2ZWQ1YzVhNWJiOTlmMjBjNzg6cDpUOk4.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=https://url.avanan.click/v2/___https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828025012235/pfs022_x2024xv2ocxcl-final.pdf___.YXAzOnZlc3RlZDphOmc6YmIzNDRkMzEzYzQ1MTg5ZmQxYzcwYzVlYWMwNmYzYjg6Njo1YzM1OmI3YTBlMWY5NGMxYTRkNDc0YmZkNzFjMGI0ZDA0YjhhMDEwYWFjMGE1YWY4NWU2ZWQ1YzVhNWJiOTlmMjBjNzg6cDpUOk4&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Company:Provident_Bank_of_New_Jersey">
3. ↑ "Thomas J. Shara - PFS | Provident Financial Services Inc. - Wall Street Journal". https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/PFS/company-people/executive-profile/12264663.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Steven Rodas (2014-06-03). "Oldest NJ community bank merges with Pennsylvania-based Team Capital". http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/06/oldest_nj_community_bank_merges_with_pas_team_capital.html#incart_river_default. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Doherty, Joan (1986). Hudson County: The Left Bank. Northridge, California: Windsor Publications, Inc. pp. 138–139.
6. ↑ Joseph R. Vena (6 February 2014). "Provident Bank's 175th anniversary continues its legacy as Jersey City's hometown bank". http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/02/provident_banks_175th_anniversary_continues_its_legacy_as_jersey_citys_hometown_bank.html#incart_river. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Provident Savings Institution of Jersey City". https://njcu.libguides.com/provident.
8. ↑ "Run on a Savings Bank; Attempted Suicide of a Bank Officer in Jersey City". The New York Times. May 13, 1882. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/05/13/102777436.pdf. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
9. ↑ "THE XKW YORK WORLD, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1882.". http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper 11/New York NY World/New York NY World 1881-1882 Grayscale/New York NY World 1881-1882 Grayscale - 0945.pdf. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
10. ↑ "RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: ROBERT SMART". 2016-08-10. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=buszidog31&id=I51003. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
11. ↑ "The First National Bank of Dunellen in city_name, state_name - Location". 1977-12-30. http://www.bankencyclopedia.com/The-First-National-Bank-of-Dunellen-6329-Dunellen-New-Jersey.html. Retrieved 2016-08-21.
12. ↑ Obernauer, Eric (2020-03-12). "SB One Bank to be acquired by Provident". https://www.njherald.com/news/20200312/sb-one-bank-to-be-acquired-by-provident.
13. ↑ "Provident Financial Services, Inc. Completes Merger with SB One Bancorp" (Press release). 3 August 2020.
14. ↑ "Provident Financial Services, Inc. And Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. To Combine To Create New Jersey's Premier Super-Community Banking Franchise". 27 September 2022. https://www.provident.bank/press-releases/provident-financial-services-inc-and-lakeland-bancorp-inc-to-combine-to-create-new-jersey-s-premier-super-community-banking-franchise.

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