Who is Hometown Financial Group?

Hometown Financial Group, Inc. is a $4.7 billion mutual multi-bank holding company headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts, and is the parent company of bankESB, bankHometown, and Abington Bank. Together, our family of banks offers a complete line of consumer and business deposit and lending products and services through 37 branch offices located throughout Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut. Hometown Financial is proud to receive national recognition as a two-time Top Workplaces USA award winner in 2024 and 2022, as well as a two-time Financial Services Industry Top Workplaces award winner in 2023 and 2022, and Hartford Courant Top Workplaces award winner!

How Hometown Financial Group works for you:

As mutual banks, we have the keys to help customers unlock their potential. Everyone at Hometown Financial is passionate about fulfilling the promise of local, community banking— to guiding customers through the most important financial decisions they face with confidence and assurance, to helping them achieve their goals, and to giving back generously to the many neighborhoods we serve through our sponsorship and charitable giving program, The Giving Tree.

Together, our family of banks takes advantage of the size, scale, and efficiencies of shared centralized resources to fulfill our community banking mission—providing individualized financial support, a suite of comprehensive products and services, smart banking technology, and increased lending capacity—all to ensure our customers can build a successful future.


Our structure allows our banks to operate independently in their core markets, while taking advantage of shared centralized resources. Our model is scalable and efficient allowing our bankers to focus their efforts on serving customers and growing market share.
— Matthew S. Sosik, CEO of Hometown Financial Group, MHC

Learn more about our affiliate banks.

Each bank has deep roots in the neighborhoods they call home, so each can operate independently to harness its own local branding power while taking advantage of extensive shared resources.

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Founded in 1869 as Easthampton Savings Bank, bankESB is headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts, and has $1.7 billion in assets and 11 full-service offices in western Massachusetts, including Agawam, Amherst, Belchertown, Easthampton, Hadley, Holyoke, Northampton, South Hadley, Southampton, and Westfield. Our people have the passion and know-how to bring a meaningful difference to our customers’ lives and to help them make the most of their financial futures. Our commitment to the community through The Giving Tree has meant nearly $635,000 in donations in 2023 and more than $3.6 million over the last decade to organizations across the Pioneer Valley.

 
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Abington Bank, headquartered in Abington, Massachusetts, has served the community for more than 100 years. Abington Bank has $1.4 billion in assets and offers 10 full-service locations across the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts, including Abington, Avon, Braintree, Cohasset, Holbrook, Marion, Randolph, and two in Stoughton. From the frontlines to the back office and everywhere in between, our people are committed to meeting customer’s needs with the most innovative solutions to help them live life on their own terms. Our strong community commitment is reflected through The Giving Tree and through our donations of more than $500,000 in 2023 and nearly $1.4 million over the last decade.

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Founded in 1889, bankHometown is headquartered in Oxford, Massachusetts, and has $1.4 billion in assets; 11 full-service offices in central Massachusetts in Athol, Auburn, Lancaster, Leominster, Millbury, Oxford, Sturbridge, Webster, and Worcester; and five full-service locations in northeast Connecticut, including Brooklyn, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, and Woodstock. Our people are passionate about providing a customer-first experience, backed by customized financial solutions that include the right deposit, loan, and cash management products and services to set customers on the right path. Our commitment to giving back to the neighborhoods we serve through The Giving Tree is demonstrated through donations of nearly $400,000 in 2023 and more than $2.7 million over the last decade.

 

At Hometown Mortgage, we help potential borrowers like you unlock the right home financing solution for your unique needs. As a division of bankESB, a Hometown Financial Group company that also includes bankHometown and Abington Bank, we leverage our combined strength coupled with shared services and technology to work with homebuyers across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and neighboring states to make homebuying simple and stress-free. At the same time, our commitment to community banking and local roots mean we can focus on the unique needs of those who live and work in the communities we serve.