BOSTON, May 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander Bank celebrated the opening of its
newest Massachusetts branch at
Boston Medical Center (BMC) today, furthering its commitment to the
first-class healthcare facility. Executives and team members from
Santander and BMC attended the grand opening and ribbon cutting to
officially open the branch at 850 Harrison Avenue in Boston.
"We have a long-standing relationship with Boston Medical Center
and opened this branch to build upon our partnership with the
hospital," said Michael Bruno,
Region President for Northeastern New England at Santander. He
added, "BMC is a critical institution that provides high-quality
healthcare to all of its patients and we aim to serve the banking
needs of BMC's more than 6,000 employees, as well as the patients,
visitors and residents who live in nearby neighborhoods by
providing competitive products and services that fit the financial
needs of this diverse community."
The full-service branch is adjacent to the Emergency Department
and features a new design aimed to improve customer experience,
with an open layout and comfortable meeting "nooks" where bankers
can meet with customers to discuss their financial needs. There is
also a 24-hour zone with two deposit-taking ATMs that are available
after branch hours. The branch will continue to introduce and
feature new technologies to further help customers with their
banking needs as they evolve. The branch manager and his team are
available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m.
to noon to assist existing customers and those who would
like to become customers of Santander.
"Santander has been an avid supporter of BMC and we are thrilled
to take this step in our partnership by having a full-service
branch on our campus to offer convenient services to staff,
patients, visitors and our neighbors," said Alastair Bell, MD, MBA, senior vice president
and chief operating officer at BMC.
As part of the grand opening, Santander
Bank donated $5,000 to the
Preventive Food Pantry at BMC to address nutrition-related illness
and under-nutrition concerns of BMC's low-income patients. With a
prescription from their BMC primary care provider, patients can
visit the Food Pantry twice a month to receive foods that best
promote physical health, prevent future illness and facilitate
recovery. This includes fresh fruits, vegetables and meats – items
that can be expensive and often lacking in the diets of low-income
individuals and families. Recipients receive three to four days'
worth of food for their household at each visit.
Since 2014, Santander has partnered with BMC as the official
sponsor of Team BMC, the hospital's Boston Marathon team, raising
money and awareness to support the hospital's Building the New
BMC campaign, which will include the construction of a new,
state-of-the-art Emergency Department. BMC is the busiest provider
of trauma and emergency services in the region, with more than
130,000 emergency department visits and more than 2,000 trauma
admissions per year.
Santander Bank, N.A. is
one of the country's top retail and commercial banks by deposits
and a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Santander, S.A. - one of the
most respected banking groups in the world. With its corporate
offices in Boston, Santander Bank's more than 670 branches and
nearly 2,100 ATMs are principally located in Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. The Bank's 9,400
employees are committed to helping our 2.1 million customers make
progress toward their financial goals with the support of our call
centers, interactive online banking platform and easy to-use mobile
app. Madrid-based Banco Santander
(NYSE: SAN) serves more than 117 million customers in the U.K.,
Europe, Latin America and the U.S. Through its local
affiliates, including Santander
Bank, Banco Santander is the largest corporate contributor
to higher education in the world, investing over $165 million annually in colleges and
universities across more than 20 countries, including the U.S. For
more information on Santander Bank,
please visit www.santanderbank.com.
Boston Medical Center is a private, not-for-profit,
496-bed, academic medical center that is the primary teaching
affiliate of Boston University School of
Medicine. It is the largest and busiest provider of trauma
and emergency services in New England. It offers specialized care
for complex health problems and is a leading research institution,
receiving more than $119 million in
sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2015. In 1997, BMC
founded Boston Medical Center Health Plan, Inc., now one of the top
ranked Medicaid MCOs in the country, as a non-profit managed care
organization serving Massachusetts
and New Hampshire. Boston Medical
Center and Boston University School of
Medicine are partners in the Boston HealthNet – 13 community
health centers focused on providing exceptional health care to
residents of Boston. For more
information, please visit http://www.bmc.org.
Media
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Santander
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Santander
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Ann Davis
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Nancy
Orlando
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617-757-5891
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617-757-5765
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ann.davis@santander.us
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nancy.orlando@santander.us
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Boston Medical
Center:
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Ellen
Slingsby
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617-638-8489
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ellen.slingsby@bmc.org
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