Our mission and values
We are a proud B Corp™ dedicated to expanding financial resources and enhancing benefits for our employees, customers, and communities we serve.
People first:
Our success is defined by the success of our employees, customers, and our community.
Local focus:
We are always growing deeper capabilities making the places we serve the best they can be.
Respected integrity:
We are more than a safe place for your money, earning your trust in all we do.
Forward thinking:
We are always embracing innovation and solutions to better serve our communities.
Lasting impact:
For over a century, we have been improving lives, and that legacy drives us forward.
How matters in all we do
Brattleboro Savings & Loan has been a part of this region for only a bit less than half the time that there has been a Vermont. Since our beginning in 1912, we have become a staple of the area by creating and providing competitive financial services and solutions to help the surrounding communities flourish.
BS&L is a mutual savings bank, which means we are owned by our depositors, and that has made all the difference in our focus on creating growth and prosperity in our community. In fact, mutuals were the earliest forms of banks in the US, beginning in the early 1800s, and were started explicitly to provide benefit to a group of people – the local community.
Being a mutual savings bank means we exist for the benefit of all our depositors, our community and our employees. Virtually all the funds deposited at BS&L get reinvested back into our community, supporting local mortgages, and business and consumer loans, for all our friends and neighbors, and for the betterment of all. This matters, because it makes our decisions easier knowing they are based on “What is going to be of greatest benefit?” This isn’t a common question in today’s money above all corporate mentality, but it’s exactly the values of our customers and communities.
