Our Affiliate Membership program provides a partnership for businesses related to the financial institutions industry. Many have discovered that the benefits of membership lead to strengthened business relationships with our members. Affiliate Membership provides an excellent communications network between our member institutions and related industries. It offers firms and individuals invitations to meetings, access to publications, and member rates on meeting fees. Upcoming major meetings will include:
Bank Expo on April 14, 2010 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, Portland
Community Bank Directors’ Forum on May 12, 2010 at the Augusta Civic Center, Augusta
Annual Convention on September 16 - 19, 2010, Mount Washington Hotel, Breton Woods, NH
Affiliates also receive our management communications package. This includes our e-newsletter, The Maine Banker, which highlights all activities of the Association and our Legislative Report, which is published regularly while the Maine Legislature is in session. Additionally, you will receive a subscription to the Maine Community Banker magazine, a listing and an opportunity to advertise in the annual Maine Financial Institutions Directory, invitations to the Association’s committee meetings and a listing and link on our web site. We invite you to become an Affiliate Member of the Maine Association of Community Banks.
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ACADIA AUTO GROUP, INC.
Acadia Auto Group provides automobile auctions, repossession and re-marketing services.
Stephen Trimm
RR #2, Box 4240
Carmel, ME 04419
Tel. (207) 941-2345
FAX (207) 848-2080
ACCUME PARTNERS Accume Partners is a risk management and business advisory firm - specializing in governance, compliance, internal audit, operations management, and systems & technology services - for community bankers.
Since 1994, Accume Partners has served over 400 banks, helping clients identify and control risks, improve corporate governance, achieve and maintain regulatory compliance, re-engineer business processes, enhance operating performance, and align enterprise technology with business goals and strategies.
With regional offices in New England, Accume Partners is active in the Maine banking community. We have served clients in 30 countries from our 14 U.S. offices, including clients in Maine. For further information, or to subscribe to eFocus, our monthly newsletter dedicated to banking and financial services professionals, visit our website.
Accume Partners
225 Franklin Street, Ste. 2600
Boston, MA. 02110
Phone (617) 217-2867
Mobile (617) 513-2345
AINSWORTH, THELIN & RAFTICE, P.A. A general practice law firm located on Casco Bay in South Portland and minutes to downtown. The creditor services department provides full service representation in Southern Maine for local and national banks. Ainsworth, Thelin & Raftice, P.A. can efficiently process foreclosure, eviction and collateral replevin requests, as well as bankruptcy matters, including proofs of claim, relief from stay and adversarial actions.
Jerome J. Gamache, Esq.
7 Ocean Street
South Portland, Maine 04106
Tel. (207) 767-4824
FAX (207) 767-4829
BAKER NEWMAN NOYES
Provides the Maine banking community with a full range of professional
services. Delivers a wide spectrum of accounting, audit, tax, management
consulting and information technology consulting services with an approach
that is responsive, innovative and cost-effective.
Denise R. Taaffe 280 Fore Street Portland, Maine 04101
Tel. (207) 879-2100
or 1-800-244-7444
FAX (207) 774-1793
BANK AND INSURANCE SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
Specializes in designing and administering loan-related insurance programs for financial institutions throughout the northeast United States for over 40 years. Has maintained a solid position in the industry by being committed to quality products and superior service.
BANKERS' BANK NORTHEAST Bankers' Bank Northeast is an FDIC insured state-chartered bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston. Bankers' Bank Northeast offers a variety of correspondent banking services to investor and client banks throughout New England and New York.
Alan Anderson
Vice-President, Relationship Manager
655 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033-4337
Tel. (207) 767-0067
FAX (207) 767-9967
BERRY, DUNN, McNEIL & PARKER
The BDM&P Financial Services Industry Group is committed to serving the audit, accounting and tax needs of financial institution clients. Consulting services include information technology, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and employee benefits.
BFS NEW ENGLAND
BFS New England is a newly created branch of Bank Financial Services Group, working exclusively with financial institutions in New England to create and manage supplemental benefit plans for top executives and directors. With over 75 years of combined experience in the financial services and banking industries, BFS Group is uniquely qualified to design, implement and administer meaningful benefit plans while positively impacting the bottom-line through a specialized BOLI financing strategy.
Kevin L. Kaeding 65 Boston Post Road, West
Suite 350
Marlboro, MA 01752
Tel. (508) 460-0165, ext. 207
Toll Free (888) 388-8850
FAX (508) 624-0541
William A. Spencer 462 Crowell Rd.
PO Box 487A
Hopkinton, NH 03229
Tel. (603) 228-2825
BSG FINANCIAL Louisville, Ky.-based BSG Financial develops and manages innovative, profit-enhancing programs for the financial industry, including Re$ubmitIt®, an electronic recovery solution for returned deposit items that increases income for financial institutions and their commercial customers. Recognized by Bank Technology News as an industry innovator, BSG Financial serves financial institutions nationwide whose assets range from $100 million to more than $36 billion.
Hank Thompson
Executive Vice President
BSG Financial
PO Box 70969
Louisville, KY 40270-0969 Tel. (502) 581-1511, x230
FAX (502-581-1519
hthomspon@BSGfinancial.com
CEIS REVIEW, INC.
CEIS Review was founded in 1978 for the specific purpose of providing professional services to bankers by bankers. Our resources are focused on the quality of loan portfolio and its risk profile. Services include due diligence review, loan review, loan loss reserve methodology and validation, risk rating systems, portfolio concentration analysis, stress testing, corrective action programs and interim portfolio management. Our offices are in New York, Florida, Maine and North Carolina.
Joseph John Hill
President & CEO
20 W. 33rd Street., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001-3305
Tel. (212) 967-7380
FAX (212) 967-7365
CISCO SYSTEMS
Cisco is the leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the internet. Cisco enables people to make powerful connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible-providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 65,225 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as: Application Networking, Data Center, Digital Media, IPICS, Mobility, Security, Storage Networking, TelePresence, Unified Communications, video and Virtualization.
Jim Verville
Territory Accounts Manager
Cisco Systems
1414 Massachusetts Avenue
Boxborough, MA 01719 Tel. (207) 286-5790
CLARK CONSULTING
Clark Consulting leads the industry in providing tailored executive benefit programs and strategic financing and investment solutions that help banks manage risk, optimize earnings, improve shareholder value, and realize key financial goals. Our consultative approach has benefited nearly 2,000 financial institutions and their shareholders nationwide for over 25 years. Clark Consulting’s customized products and services and multiple client solutions include placement of General Account, Separate Account and Hybrid Separate Account Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI), nonqualified deferred compensation plans, long-term care programs and asset administrative solutions.
Matthew Henebry
15R Hartford Avenue, Suite 2EF
Granby, CT 06035
Tel. (860) 413-3600
FAX (860) 413-3603
COCC COCC is a bank-owned outsourcing and software development company that provides complete enterprise processing solutions for community banks throughout the Northeast. All solutions are highly integrated for exceptional price/performance. Services include Client/Server Core Processing, CRM/Datamining, Internet Banking, direct support of ATMs, Debit Card Support, Check and Statement Imaging, Financial Management, Profitability, Loan Origination, and Network Management. Complimentary consulting services focus on implementing business strategies through financial information technology. Exclusive concentration on the region's financial industry yields effective, sophisticated solutions. Discover the COCC difference!
D. GALLANT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES D. Gallant Management Associates is a professional management consulting firm specializing in human resources and training which provides services to businesses throughout New England - Primarily in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Committed to assisting organizations in taking proactive steps in promoting effective and efficient employee relations throughout their respective companies. The founder of the firm has been certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), and a Certified Compensation Professional (CBP),
Jean Deighan, President 455 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Tel. (207) 990-1117
FAX (207) 990-1551
DELUXE CORPORATION Deluxe Corporation provides products and services that help financial institutions gain insight, create loyalty, grow revenue, increase security, leverage checks and build brand. By combining extensive industry knowledge and experience with unmatched customer-facing solutions, Deluxe helps financial institutions achieve their most crucial business objectives.
David L. Thomas, President 150 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Tel. (617) 367-9060
FAX (617) 367-0927
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF BOSTON The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston is a central bank for housing finance for over 430 mortgage-lending institutions in the six New England states. The bank makes loans, or advances, to its member institutions to enable them to expand their home lending and meet other funding requirements. The bank also offers members a variety of non-credit banking services.
Elizabeth Bordowitz, CEO
P.O. Box 949
Augusta, Maine 04332-0949
Tel. (207) 623-3263
FAX (207) 623-0095
FINANCIAL FREEDOM For over 10 years Financial Freedom has led the reverse mortgage industry, focusing exclusively on reverse mortgages for senior homeowners. We are dedicated to our mission of enhancing the lives of seniors by providing financial security and independence through our innovative products. We have partnered with community bankers in Maine fo rmore than a decade, helping them to meet the needs of their customers.
FISC SOLUTIONS FISC Solutions provides outsourcing services including check processing and statement printing and mailing. In addition to paper processing, FISC provides electronic solutions including remote deposit capture and electronic bill payment and presentment. FISC clients benefit from our funds acceleration products and customized services. Find out more by visiting www.fiscsolutions.com or call 888-433-4924.
Carol Sabasteanski
PO Box 221 Lewiston, Maine 04243-0221
Tel. (207) 782-6858
FAX (207) 777-6026
FISERV Fiserv is leading the transformation of financial services technology so we can help our clients change the way financial services are delivered. We're delivering more innovation and more integration - all to help our clients grow their business and increase profitability.
Brian Sprague
151 National Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Tel. (603) 493-6183
FRYE INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC
Frye Investment Associates advises banks throughout New England on bonds, stocks and mortgage backed securities, backed by a full understanding of the regulations that govern bank operations. Provides the interface between the bank and broker-dealer network to review various security products offered to the bank for purchase, insuring a focus on quality, liquidity and marketability of the various products offered.
David B. Frye, President
36 Colbourn Road
Rye, NH 03870-2444
Tel. (603) 427-6124
FAX (603) 427-6578
GALLAGHER, CALLAHAN & GARTRELL, P.C.
Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, P.C. is a multi-disciplinary law firm which specializes in serving the needs of community banks in northern New England.
W. John Funk, Esq.
214 North Main Street
PO Box 1415
Concord, NH 03301
Tel. 1-800-528-1181
FAX: (603) 226-3334
GOODWIN, PROCTER LLP
Goodwin, Procter LLP serves over 150 banks and bank holding companies, ranging from large publicly held bank and thrift holding companies to small and medium sized commercial banks and thrift institutions. The firm is an active participant in the activities of the banking industry trade associations in New England and across the country.
William P. Mayer, Esquire, Partner
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
Tel. (617) 570-1534
FAX (617) 523-1231
INSURANCE CONSULTANTS OF MAINE
Provides "Fee Only" insurance advice and assistance. Provides help with Directors and Officers, bond, property, worker's compensation and all other forms of Insurance.
JACK HENRY BANKING
Jack Henry Banking is a leasing provider of information and transaction processing platforms for banks ranging from de novo to mid-tier institutions. This division of Jack Henry & Associates (Nasdaq: JKHY) serves approximately 1,500 banks as a single source for enterprise-wide automation and support. visit our website for more information.
Gary Stockton
663 West Highway 60 Tel. (417) 235-6652 FAX (417) 236-8959
JOHN M. FLOYD & ASSOCIATES
John M. Floyd & Associates (JMFA) is a profitability and performance improvement consulting firm and leading provider of overdraft privilege programs serving more than 2,000 financial institutions in 49 states and Central America. JMFA is also recognized for training, account acquisition, executive placement and earnings enhancement programs, as well as product, service, pricing and technology improvement consulting. As a direct result of our programs JMFA has helped thousands of clients drastically improve their performance and bottom line.
KEEFE, BRUYETTE & WOODS, INC.
Providing quality, focused investment banking services to financial
institutions. Founded in 1962, the principals
offer a wide range of financial services in investment banking, financial
institution management and operations, conversions,
mergers, acquisitions, equity and fixed income sales and trading.
Douglas L. Reidel 10 S. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606 Tel. (800) 966-8404
FAX (312) 423-8232
KEENAN AUCTION COMPANY
Auctioneers and appraisers for 37 years. The largest commercial auctioneering firm in Maine. Keenan specializes in foreclosure auctions, secured party sale of personal property, and equipment appraisals.
Richard Keenan
One Runway Road
South Portland, ME 04106
Tel. (207) 885-5100
FAX (207) 885-5877
LAMBERT COFFIN HAENN
A civil practice law firm primarily engaged in the areas of creditors' rights (litigation, mortgage foreclosure proceedings, bankruptcy) and other services to aid financial institutions.
Michael S. Haenn
88 Hammond Street, 3rd Floor
Bangor, ME 04402
Tel. (207) 990-4905
FAX (207) 990-1843
LIGHTHOUSE IT COMPLIANCE GROUP
Today, large businesses such as public companies and financial institutions find themselves increasingly burdened by the growing list of regulations, laws and requirements stemming from Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the Patriot Act. To make matters worse, these companies are faced with rising costs and manpower drains from having to manage the complexities of these compliance requirements.
Lighthouse Computer Services has the experience to help you minimize and manage your IT Compliance burden. Whether faced with upcoming government, industry or company audits, or looking to protect, optimize or safeguard your IT infrastructure, Lighthouse can help.
Our expertise in IT Governance, Assurance and Regulatory compliance spans multiple industries, software platforms, and applications. Our entire staff of seasoned IT Auditors and Project Managers is CISA-certified, each possessing over 10 years of experience within the industry. In addition, all of our projects follow the strict COBIT Framework, adhering to specific industry and governmental standards.
Dave Sylvestre
6 Blackstone Valley Place, Suite 205
Lincoln, RI 02856
Tel. (401) 334-0799
FAX (401) 334-0719
LUSE GORMAN POMERENK & SCHICK
A Washington D.C. law firm specializing in a broad range of transactional and regulatory matters for mutual and stock savings institutions, including mutual holding company reorganizations, mutual to stock conversions, mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, stockholder matters, employee benefit plans and taxation.
M BENEFIT SOLUTIONS BANK STRATEGIES
M Benefit Solutions-Bank Strategies, a member of the M Financial Group. M Benefit Solutions is the nationally endorsed provider of Executive & Director Benefits and Bank-Owned Life Insurance programs for the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). Our professional staff includes expertise in the fields of taxation, accounting, law, actuarial science, and extensive expertise in all aspects of total compensation and insurance analysis. Additionally our SAS 70 Level II BOLIPro online administration system provides state of the art compliance reporting to our client banks.
John Gagnon, Managing Partner
2 Haven Street - Suite 301
Reading, MA 01867
Tel. (781) 942-5700
FAX (781) 942-5710
M & M CONSULTING, LLC
M & M provides services to community banking organizations. Professional services include risk management, internal audit, loan review, regulatory compliance and training.
MACDONALD PAGE & COMPANY LLC
Macdonald Page & Company LLC devotes substantial resources to maintaining
expertise in the area of financial institutions. The financial institution
group is comprised of individuals committed to staying abreast of the
issues affecting the industry. Members receive specialized education and
attend national conferences in tax, accounting and other topics related
to community banking.
Thomas C. O'Donnell,
Partner
30 Long Creek Drive
South Portland, Maine 04106
Tel. (207) 774-5701
FAX (207) 774-7835
MAINE MERCHANT BANK
The Maine Merchant Bank invests in low to medium technology companies with identified brand name, product base and/or positive service reputation in their primary market(s); as well as, later stage companies with developed or soon to be developed proprietary technologies, products and/or services with exceptional growth potential. Investment size ranges from $250,000 to $1 million.
Maine Merchant Bank
477 Congress Street, Suite 1100
Portland, ME 04101
Tel. (207) 772-8141
MAINE EDUCATION SERVICES (MES)
MES provides student loan financing for Maine students and their families. In addition to working with banks in relation to MES banking services, we also partner with local financial institutions to provide student loan products and materials for their customers.
Darren Hurlburt
President & CEO
Maine Education Services
131 Presumpscot Street
Portland, ME 04103
Tel. (207) 791-3600
FAX (207) 791-3616
MAINE STATE HOUSING AUTHORITY
The Maine State Housing Authority provides low interest rate financing (mortgages) for the purchase, rehab, or development of affordable housing. On the homeownership side, the agency uses participating lenders to make loans. In rental housing, it works with lenders to provide construction financing and sometimes joint financing of mortgages.
Dale McCormick, Director
353 Water Street
Augusta, Maine 04330-4633
Tel. (207) 626-4600
FAX (207) 624-5702
MEYER-CHATFIELD, CORP
Meyer-Chatfield is a national company that is a committed valued advisor to banking institutions; that designs, implements and administers profitable solutions through the use of bank-owned life insurance (BOLI). Meyer-Chatfield takes tremendous pride in educating their clients in every aspect of the BOLI asset. Meyer-Chatfield designs for their clients the strongest and safest BOLI asset available that optimizes the earnings potential and fully adheres to all regulatory guidelines.
Regional Director
Meyer-Chatfield, Corp.
261 Old York Road, Suite 604
Jenkintown, PA 19046
Tel. (215) 935-1115
FAX (215) 935-0199
MGIC Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment, is the nation's leading private mortgage insurance (MI) company. MGIC has helped lenders put more families in homes with low downpayment mortgages than any other insurer. For each year of new insurance writings since it was founded in 1985, MGIC has experienced fewer losses than the rest of the private MI industry. This quality leadership reflects MGIC's sound risk management, its management's experience in the mortgage market, its superb analytics and technology, and its commitment to seeing that families not just attain home ownership, but maintain it for the long term.
MID-MAINE COMMUNICATIONS
Mid Maine Communications was founded in 1994 and is one the largest facility based telecom companies in the state with offices in Bangor and Portland. The Company provides local telecom services as well as a full range of data services from DSL to fiber transport to both a residential base around Bangor and business customers throughout the state.
900 D Hammond St
. Bangor
,
ME04401
Tel. 1-877-643-6246
Email. cam@midmaine.com
MPX/MAINE PRINTING COMPANY
MPX is Maine's premier business solutions provider -- integrating business printing with technology to fulfill our clients' operations and marketing needs.
With extensive experience and expertise in web applications and print communications, MPX delivers a complete range of print products, web-based procurement, direct mail, fulfillment, distribution, data communications and innovative one-to-one variable print technology solutions.
Charles A. Mercer
PO Box 3389
Portland, ME 04104
Tel. (207) 774-6116
FAX (866) 416-5150
NATIONAL WORKSITE BENEFIT GROUP
National Worksite Benefit Group is a full service employee benefits agency. They have had a long standing relationship with the Maine Association of Community Banks and several of its members providing voluntary benefit services. They currently provide voluntary short term disability, dental and health supplements. They help MACB members identify products, educate staff, enroll employees and manage their voluntary benefits programs.
Joel Allumbaugh, CEO 47 Water Street, Suite 102
Hallowell, ME 04347
Tel. (207) 623-1110
FAX (207) 623-1415
THE NAVIS GROUP
The Navis Group specializes in risk management projects for financial institutions, including Sarbanes-Oxley and FDICIA project management, IT and GLBA risk assessments, disaster and business continuinty planning, strategic planning, and process and systems decisions.
David Sidon, CPA
1016 Washington Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
Tel. (978) 281-6202
NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS ADVISORS, INC.
A consulting firm that specializes in providing practical solutions to issues facing community banks. Among the broad range of services are strategic and business planning, asset/liability and interest rate risk management, merger/acquisition support, personnel administration systems, operating policies, regulatory compliance assistance, and director education.
Stephen F. O'Sullivan, Principal
Karen A. Kezerian, Principal
40 Salem Street
Lynnfield, Massachusetts 01940
Tel. (781) 246-6272
FAX (781) 246-5848
NMI INFOSECURITY SOLUTIONS
NMI InfoSecurity Solutions, founded in 1990, provides information security, integration, and software engineering; all of which are imperative for protecting confidential and sensitive information in today's financial world.
Andrew T. Robinson
145 Newbury Street, 2nd Floor
Portland, ME 04101
Tel. (207) 780-6381
FAX (207) 780-6301
NORTHEAST CAPITAL & ADVISORY, INC.
Northeast Capital & Advisory, Inc. provides investment banking and consulting services to financial institutions, including mergers and acquisitions, branch purchases and sales, strategic planning and performance enhancements, valuations, mutual holding company and standard conversions, private placements and public offerings. The firm is committed to long-term relationships through responsiveness, quality and value. As such, its average client retains it for at least six assignments.
NUTTER, MCCLENNEN & FISH, LLP Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP, with 180 lawyers, is a full-service law firm headquartered in Boston. Their Banking and Financial Services Group serves banks and thrift institutions throughout New England in the full range of corporate and regulatory matters, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, mutual holding company reorganizations, charter conversions, new products and services including insurance, trust and asset management services, and compliance matters.
Kenneth F. Ehrlich, Partner
155 Seaport Blvd.
Boston, MA 02210
Tel. (617) 439-2000
(617) 310-9989
NYCE PAYMENTS NETWORK, LLC
NYCE Payments Network, LLC, a Metavante company, helps its clients grow with innovative new products and strategic alliances that enable them to capitalize on the efficiency, consumer convenience and security of electronic real-time payments. The NYCE Network provides consumers with secure, real-time access to their money, offering hundreds of thousands of ATM locations and millions of point-of-sale locations nationwide. The NYCE Direct Bill Payment service offers cardholders a convenient way to pay bills online in real-time via their bank accounts. NYCE Balance Transfer services drive asset growth for consumer credit issuers through automated balance transfer/consolidation payment services. Headquartered in Secaucus, NY, NYCE Payments Network, LLC, (www.nyce.net) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metavante (NYSE:MV).
Sales Department
400 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Tel. (201) 865-9000
FAX (201) 330-3374
OFFICEMAX OfficeMax provides an office product catalog that includes a "best value" list with special member pricing on approximately 1700 items. This list is compiled from the Association's most used products from the previous year, and the discounts on these items are 45% below list price with many items having an even greater discount. Next business day delivery is usually available. Call OfficeMax or MACB for your next group discount catalog or visit the website.
OPEN SOLUTIONS, INC. Open Solutions Inc. offers a fully featured strategic product platform that integrates core data processing applications built on a single centralized Oracle relational database, with Internet banking, cash management, CRM/business intelligences, financial accounting and management, profitability, wealth management, imaging, digital documents, interactive voice response, network services, HSAs, payments and loan origination solutions. Open Solutions' full suite of products and services allows banks around the world better compete in today's aggressive financial services marketplace.
Kim Gerdis
Open Solutions, Inc.
455 Winding Brook Drive
Glastonbury, CT 06033
Tel. (860) 652-3155
FAX (860) 652-3156
PENTEGRA Pentegra is a full-service retirement benefit provider offering a range of retirement services including plans for: 401(k), ESOP's, executive benefits, directors, defined benefit pension, cash balance, money purchase and profit sharing. Plan design, compliance, administration, actuarial consulting, investment, and trust and custody services for qualified and non-qualified plans.
Jennifer Putney
3 Enterprise Drive, Suite 105
Shelton, CT 06484-4691
Tel. (914) 821-9423
PERKINS, THOMPSON, HINCKLEY & KEDDY
A general practice law firm with a long history of representing banks and other financial services providers in all aspects of their legal needs - corporate, lending, regulatory, consumer credit, mergers and acquisitions, employment and taxation.
PIERCE ATWOOD Pierce Atwood LLP is one of New England's leading commercial law firms and has nearly 130 attorneys who serve regional, national and international clients. The firms Retail Financial Services Practice Group provides transactional, regulatory, compliance, operations, and dispute resolution services to lenders, deposit takers, non-deposit investment providers and insurance producers. Our clients include a variety of financial institutions (including Maine banks, federal savings banks, national banks, and state-chartered banks), bank holding companies, credit card companies, nonbank lenders (including mortgage companies, auto finance companies and education loan providers), payroll companies, insurance producers, and bank-affiliated broker/dealers. We provide both complete state law advice and national guidance on both federal law and (as coordinating counsel) other state law matters.
Richard P. Hackett, Esq.
One Monument Square
Portland, Maine 04101
Tel. (207) 791-1100
FAX (207) 791-1350
POWER PAY, LLC
PowerPay, based in Portland Maine, is one of the nation's leading and most trusted providers of electronic commerce. We customize solutions to the individual needs of each merchant. The result is a payments solution that evolves with the needs of your small business, corporate and commercial customers, among others. With PowerPay as a payment solutions partner, financial institutions have a dedicated team of sales, marketing, technology and service professionals who are committed to providing you and your customers with the highest levels of service and care.
PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE
Recognized as a secure and stable source of insurance since its inception in 1987, the A.M. Best A+ rated banker-owned and directed insurance program provides professional liability and financial institution bond coverage to over 1,700 community banks throughout the country. Coverages offered include Directors and Officers liability with optional Privacy Liability and related expense reimbursement, Financial Institution bond, Employment Practices Liability, Excess Deposit Bond and Internet Banking Liability. For more information, please contact us or visit our website.
Bob Splawn Event Planner
Progressive Insurance
5920 Landerbrook Drive
Mayfield Heights, OH 44124
REMM FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
REMM Financial Services provides SAS 70 controlled and secured statement printing and mailing services to financial institutions and utilities.
Daniel Fitzgerald
1 Printers Drive
Hermon, ME 04401
Tel. (207) 848-7300
FAX (207) 848-7400
SAGE DATA SECURITY
Sage offers an award winning portfolio of advisory, assessment and assurance information security services designed to protect information assets and ensure regulatory compliance.
Sari Greene
324 Cummings Road
South Portland, ME 04106
Tel. (207) 879-7243 ext. 1
FAX (207) 780-0318
SANDLER, O'NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P. Sandler, O'Neill & Partners, L.P. is an investment banking firm and advisor to financial companies and their investors. Sandler O'Neill is a market maker in hundreds of financial stocks, and publishes strategic and equity research focused on selected banks, thrifts, asset managers, broker-dealers, and eFinance, insurance and specialty finance companies.
Jad DeQuattro
919 3rd Avenue
6th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel. (212) 466-7800
Toll-free: (800) 635-6851 FAX (212) 466-7888
SAVINGS BANKS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION (SBERA) The Savings Banks Employees Retirement Association ("SBERA") is a non-profit association of financial institutions and other employers created in 1944 to provide retirement plan services to their members. Currently, SBERA has 75 members with 21,000 participants, and over 850 Million in assets. SBERA offers a comprehensive service platform including custody, administration, recordkeeping and investment management. The foundation of the program is the common and collective trust which combines professional investment advisory and oversight with very low expenses to deliver superior performance to plan participants. SBERA is managed by a Board of Trustees composed of member CEO's who are focused on maintaining our reputation for quality service and exceptional value. Through our partner, Northeast Retirement Services, we can also offer ESOP's, SERP's, FSA Accounts and actuarial consulting.
Chris Hulse
Senior Vice President
SBERA
Savings Banks Employees Retirement Assoc.
4A Gill Street
Woburn, MA 01801 Tel. (781) 970-5015
FAX (781) 935-5059
SHESHUNOFF CONSULTING & SOLUTIONS
For over 20 years, the experienced consultants at Sheshunoff Consulting & Solutions have been helping financial institutions improve their bottom line and gain competitive strength. Our experts can help your institution improve profitability, optimize business process, manage risk, maximize technology, meet regulatory requirements and find your best opportunities for growth.
SKELTON, TAINTOR & ABBOTT
Founded in 1853, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott is a full service law firm located in Central Maine. They represent all types of financial institutions and their affiliates in all areas of the law. Their attorneys are admitted in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & CO., INC.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. is a full service regional brokerage and investment banking firm providing securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money manager, businesses and municipalities.
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
Systems Engineering has provided strategic technology solutions to financial institutions throughout Northern New England since 1987. Our support services range from computer network design, installationand administration to business consultation and a full complement of software. When you choose Systems Engineering as your technology partner, you're working with experts who understand the unique needs of the banking and finance industry. Our experienced team works with proven technology, offering unparalleled security, constant remote network monitoring, and 24/7 field service. From Strategic technology planning to implementation, we'll stabilize your network and keep your system running smoothly. SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - GET AHEAD OF IT.
THERIAULT/ LANDMANN ASSOCIATES, INC.
A consulting architectural company with offices in Portland, Maine and Hartford, Connecticut. Providing design, architectural interior design, project management and consulting.
Edmond M. Theriault, President
118 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101-3606
Tel. (207) 842-6260
FAX (207) 842-6271
TRANSFIRST
TransFirst, based in Dallas, Texas, with operations facilities in Superior,
Colorado; Omaha, Nebraska; Kansas City, Kansas; and Newport Beach, California
is a premiere provider of transaction processing services and payment
technologies in the credit and debit card processing industries. TransFirst
offers a first-rate suite of merchant products and flexible, industry-specific
services uniquely tailored for the special business needs of local and
regional banks. Built on a platform of personal service, customer commitment
and flexible pricing, TransFirst currently processes more than $18.5
billion in annual credit card sales volume for more than 150,000 merchants
and 760 agent banks nationwide.
Donna Burns
Director, Agent Bank Development
104 Cannon Drive
Brownsville, TN 38012
Tel. (731) 772-1425
TRAVELERS INSURANCE
Travelers is an industry leader in specialty insurance serving professionals, financial institutions, construction companies, local governments, non-profit organizations and more.
Richard Lacy
300 Crown Colony Drive
Quincy, MA 02169 Tel. (800)392-6085
FAX (617)984-1099
VERRILL DANA
Verrill Dana is a full service law firm. A major component of the firm's practice involves the representation of financial institutions in real estate, regulatory, legislative, and litigation matters. Verrill Dana also regularly advises banks on issues such as tax, ERISA, securities, workouts, and environmental regulations.
Karen Mareb
15 Alexander Road
Billerica, MA 01821
Tel. (978) 964-1812
Fax. (978) 663-6333
WOLF & COMPANY , P.C.
Wolf & Company's financial institution practice is one of the largest in New England, providing over 200 institutions with audit, tax, risk management, and business consulting services. Our clients range in size from DeNovo to $10 billion in assets and benefit from our depth of knowledge, industry experience and the unequaled value our services provide in the form of practical solutions such as our on-line WolfPACsm Integrated Risk Management. With additional offices in Springfield, MA and Albany, NY, our local decision-making ensures that we are able to address the needs of our clients in a collaborative and timely manner.
Arianna Rowe
Wolf & Company P.C.
99 High Street
21st Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Tel. (617) 439-9700
FAX (617) 423-6229
ZURICH NORTH AMERICAN FINANCIAL ENTERPRISES
Zurich North America Financial Enterprises provides financial institutions with financial institution bands, director & officers liability and property & casualty insurance coverage. Offers comprehensive products unique to the financial institution industry.
Louisville, Ky.-based BSG Financial develops and manages innovative, profit-enhancing programs for the financial industry, including Re$ubmitIt®, an electronic recovery solution for returned deposit items that increases income for financial institutions and their commercial customers. Recognized by Bank Technology News as an industry innovator, BSG Financial serves financial institutions nationwide whose assets range from $100 million to more than $36 billion. 