bankESB promotes LaBonte to Assistant Vice President, Core Systems
EASTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS, June 7, 2024 — bankESB recently promoted Melissa LaBonte to assistant vice president, core systems.
LaBonte, of Southampton, has 23 years of banking experience. She was promoted to core systems manager in 2018 and promoted to core systems officer in 2021. She joined the bank in 2001 as a teller, and over the past two decades has held a variety of roles in the collections, finance, and strategic projects departments.
LaBonte has an associate degree in business administration and accounting from Holyoke Community College and earned a project management diploma from the Center for Financial Training.
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About bankESB
Founded in 1869 as Easthampton Savings Bank, bankESB is headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts. We have $1.7 billion in assets and offer a complete line of consumer and business deposit and lending products and services through 11 branches located throughout Western Massachusetts. We’re proud to fulfill our community banking mission—providing individualized financial support, a suite of comprehensive products and services, and smart banking technology—all to ensure our customers can unlock their potential and build a successful future. Through our sponsorship and charitable giving program, The Giving Tree, bankESB and the Easthampton Savings Bank Charitable Foundation support non-profit organizations and causes throughout Hampden and Hampshire counties. In 2023 alone, The Giving Tree donated nearly $635,000 and over the past decade has donated more than $3.6 million. bankESB was proud to be named a 2023 Corporate Citizenship Award winner by Boston Business Journal. For more information, visit bankESB.com.
bankESB is a member of the Hometown Financial Group, a $4.7 billion mutual multi-bank holding company headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts, and the parent company of the family of banks that includes bankESB, bankHometown, and Abington Bank as well as Hometown Mortgage. Hometown Financial and our banks are proud to be recognized nationally as a two-time Top Workplaces USA award winner in 2024 and 2022, a two-time Top Workplaces Financial Services Industry award winner in 2023 and 2022, a 2023 Top Places to Work award winner by The Boston Globe, and a 2022 Top Workplaces award winner by the Hartford Courant. For more information, visit bankHFG.com.