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Abington Bank invites customers and members of the community to a free Shred Day on Saturday, May 7, from Noon to 3:00 p.m. at the bank’s Cohasset 3A office at 800 Chief Justice Cushing Highway. Local residents can reduce their risk of identity theft by bringing old mail, receipts, statements or bills, cancelled checks, pay …

Hometown Financial Group, Inc. (“Hometown”), the multi-bank holding company for Abington Bank, bankESB, and bankHometown, and Randolph Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNDB) (“Randolph”), the bank holding company for Envision Bank, jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Hometown will acquire Randolph. Under the terms of the merger agreement, …

Abington Bank cares about the safety and security of your accounts and your financial information. We want to make you aware of a number of recent fraud schemes, most involving Online Banking and Zelle®. In all of these cases, scammers are calling or texting customers and pretending to be their bank’s Fraud department: Customers are …

Abington Bank, with six branches across the South Shore and South Coast, has named Nichole Matrisciano as branch officer of its Harrison Ave., Abington main office and Carolyn Brunette as branch officer of its Front Street, Marion location. Matrisciano, of Brockton, has more than two decades of banking experience, having held positions at the former …

Sponsorship memorializes former chairman Abington Bank will again serve as the exclusive sponsor of the Shawn P. Cotter Memorial Basketball Tournament, to be held February 21 to 23 at Abington High School. The tournament will feature boys’ and girls’ teams from Abington, Rockland, and Sandwich high schools as well as Cape Cod Academy. Mr. Cotter …

Hometown Financial Group, parent company of Abington Bank, today was named to the list of 2022 top workplaces by Energage. The Top Workplaces USA award is based solely on feedback from employees of participating workplaces, gathered through an anonymous, third-party survey administered by Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. More than …

Andrew J. Raczka, president and CEO of Abington Bank, announced that the bank’s inaugural Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising drive raised $19,350 for local food pantries. The appeal is part of the bank’s charitable giving program, called The Giving Tree, which reflects the bank’s commitment to making a real difference in the neighborhoods it serves. Throughout …

At the recent annual meeting of Hometown Financial Group, Jeffrey Carter and Michael Sudofsky were elected to 10-year terms to the Abington Bank board of corporators. Carter, of Cohasset, is the founder and chief executive officer of Grand Coast Capital Group, a boutique real estate investment firm started in 2013 that focuses on private lending …

Andrew J. Raczka, president and CEO of Abington Bank, announced the kick-off of the bank’s 2021 Neighbors Helping Neighbors fundraising drive to help support local food pantries. This marks the first year the bank will host what it hopes will be an annual appeal, inviting bank customers, employees, and members of the community to donate …

Abington Bank was named one of Massachusetts’ top performing banks for trustworthiness, placing second in the category in the 2021 Banking Choice Awards. The bank finished in the number two spot from among more than 200 banks and credit unions whose Massachusetts customers participated in the survey. Rankings are based on interviews with thousands of …