Jersey City Reporter, NJ
Dec 13 2004

Take it to the bank

Branch has grand opening

NEW BANK – This is the new branch of Provident Savings Bank which
saw its grand opening on Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday morning, Provident Savings Bank held a grand opening from
their new branch at 30 Hudson St., which was attended by Mayor
Jerramiah Healy along with other local politicians.

Provident Savings Bank, since its inception in 1839, has been an
institution in Jersey City. It maintained its tradition with the
opening of the 78th branch in its history.

The new branch, located on the ground floor of the Goldman Sachs
building, has been open for several weeks but it received the grand
treatment on Tuesday with a ribbon cutting and appearance by bank
officials and local celebrities like Hudson County Executive Tom
DeGise, Ward D City Councilman William Gaughan, and Hudson County
Freeholder Barry Dugan. The bank, according to Kevin J. Ward, vice
chairman and chief operating officer, is one of the new prototype
branches that Provident is opening. “The bank has a modern design
with such elements as retractable sections of the bank. The teller
booths can be taken out if the need arises for more ATMs,” said Ward.

Healy said Provident Savings Bank is “a good corporate citizen” and
announced that the bank will hold the account that Healy will set up
in the near future to keep the money collected for his proposed gun
buy-back amnesty fund.

The manager of the new branch is Haigo Armenian-Mouradian and the
assistant manager is Melissa Harris.