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The name of the bank is Fairfield County Bank. The nearest local
address is 850 East Main Street.
This bank currently doesn’t have any plans on opening any new
branches.
Fairfield County Bank is more of a savings and thrift bank. The bank is
a mutual holding company, which means
The bank employs slightly over 250 people between all of its branches.
11. Has your bank ever merged with another bank? If yes, with
whom did it merge, and has it merged more than once?
The names before the mergers were Fairfield County Savings Bank and
Ridgefield Bank.
17. What is one thing this bank offers that other banks in the
area do not offer? Why would a person choose to do his/her
banking with this bank?
18. Does your bank work in niche markets? If so, what are
they?
21. Does your bank have a logo and what does it represent?
22. Was your bank impacted by the mortgage crisis that began
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in the summer of 2007? If so, in what ways? Did the bank receive
money from the government and what did your bank do to help
overcome the crisis?
The bank was impacted by the mortgage crisis that began in the
summer of 2007. Fairfield County Bank lost a substantial amount of
money in the market. However, the bank isn’t too heavily invested so
the bank didn’t turn under. The bank did not receive money from the
government. All the bank could do to overcome the crisis was reduce
costs and give fewer loans.
23. There has been a lot of news lately about hidden fees and
cost on debit cards, credit cards, and other services passed on
the customers. How is your bank dealing with this issue?
Fairfield County Bank doesn’t have hidden fees. All fees the bank
charges for are posted where the customers can see them.
The bank has many different types of employees. The bank employs
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The most important banking services are auto loans and residential
mortgages. These two things are unavoidable. It’s absolutely
necessary that banks can help their customers with this.
30. What was your impression of this bank? Would you bank
there or recommend it to your parents or to a friend? Why?