WESTFIELD BANK ANNOUNCES PROMOTION OF MIRIAM TORRES TO ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER
Westfield, MA— James C. Hagan, President and CEO of Westfield Bank, is pleased to announce the promotion of Miriam Torres to Assistant Branch Manager of the Bank’s 300 Southampton Road location in Westfield. She will assist in managing all areas of the branch including customer service, retail and business product sales, employee development, and general operations.
Torres joined Westfield Bank in 2007 as a teller at the Bank’s Arnold Street location in Westfield. She served multiple roles in Westfield, Enfield, and Chicopee before joining the team at the 300 Southampton Road in 2018. She is a graduate of Westfield High School and holds multiple certifications and diplomas through the Center for Financial Training, including the Universal Banker Certificate, Professional Teller Certificate, Financial Services Operation Diploma, and Intro Financial Service Certificate.
Torres is a commissioner with the West Springfield Housing Authority. She resides in West Springfield, MA.
About Westfield Bank
Westfield Bank, headquartered in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a federally chartered savings bank organized in 1853 and is the largest publicly traded bank headquartered in Western Massachusetts. The Bank is a full-service community-oriented financial institution offering a complete range of commercial and retail products and services. Currently, the Bank has twenty-five branch offices, fifty-one ATMs, and an additional thirty seasonal ATMs and serves Hampden and Hampshire counties in Western Massachusetts and Hartford and Tolland counties in Northern Connecticut. The Bank’s middle market and commercial real estate lending team is based in Springfield, Massachusetts, and has a general regulatory limit on loans to one borrower of $36.6 million. As of December 31, 2021, the Bank employed 329 full and part-time employees, had $2.5 billion in total assets,
$1.9 billion in its loan portfolio, and $2.3 billion in total deposits. The Bank is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. As a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Bank’s deposits are insured up to the maximum FDIC insurance coverage limits. To learn more, visit the bank’s website at www.westfieldbank.com