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Kitsap Bank

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Kitsap Bank
Company typecommunity bank
Industryfinancial services
Founded1908
Headquarters,
Number of locations
21 (2018)
Total assets$1,130,689,000 (2016)
OwnerOlympic Bancorp
Number of employees
260[1] (2015)
Websitekitsapbank.com

Kitsap Bank is a community bank headquartered in Port Orchard, Washington in the United States. Established in 1908, it is the oldest and largest locally owned bank in Washington state.

History

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The interior of the original location of Kitsap County Bank pictured in 1909.

Founded in Port Orchard in 1908 by Jacob Furth, George Miller, Peter Nordby, and John Yakey, Kitsap Bank was originally known as Kitsap County Bank.[2] Frank Langer purchased the bank in 1922, serving as its president until his death in 1952.[2] After Langer's death his widow, Hannah Langer (née Norum), was solicited to sell the bank by several larger, Seattle-based institutions but ultimately spurned their offers.[2] Hannah Langer, the daughter of a director of the First National Bank of Poulsbo, became the first female president of a bank in the western United States, heading Kitsap County Bank until 1972 as president, and continuing as chairperson of the board of directors until 1985.[2][3] By 1977 the bank's assets had grown to $47 million and it owned four retail locations.[4]

From 1985 to 2012, the bank's president was Jim Carmichael.[4] In 1987, Kitsap County Bank changed its name to Kitsap Bank.[5]

Between 2005 and 2015 Kitsap Bank's holding company, Olympic Bancorp, acquired three regional banks which were then folded into Kitsap Bank: Fife Commercial Bank, a single branch bank located in Fife, Washington; Westsound Bank in Bremerton, Washington; and MarinerBank in Port Townsend, Washington.[6]

In 2014 the bank opened a new location in Bremerton, Washington that featured an integrated Starbucks with separate drive-through windows for the bank and coffeehouse.[7] The new facility replaced a previous Kitsap Bank building at the same site; John Glomsted, the manager who opened the previous branch location in 1961, was tapped as the "honorary first customer" during the new building's opening.[7]

Operations

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According to its annual report for 2016, Kitsap Bank held more than $1 billion in deposit accounts and had assets totaling $1.1 billion.[8] That year, it had the largest market share of banks in Jefferson County, Washington, with $113 million in deposits equaling about 23 percent of the value of all deposit accounts in the county.[9]

A Kitsap Bank branch pictured in Kingston, Washington in 2018.

Kitsap Bank is the only asset of its holding company, Olympic Bancorp.[10] As of 2016 Kitsap Bank was the tenth largest bank in Washington, and the largest and oldest locally owned bank in the state.[2] It has 21 retail locations in western Washington.[1]

Management

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The chief executive officer of Olympic Bancorp and Kitsap Bank as of 2018 was Steven Politakis, and the bank's president was Anthony M. George.[11] The chair of Olympic Bancorp's board of directors in 2018 was Cydly Langer Smith and its vice chair was Helen Langer Smith.[10]

Philanthropy

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From 2013 to 2017 Kitsap Bank was included on the annual list of the 75 "most generous Washington state corporate philanthropists" published by the Puget Sound Business Journal.[12][13]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lind, Treva (December 2015). "The 2015 Family Business Awards: Large Firms". Seattle Business Magazine. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Port Orchard. Arcadia Publishing. 2012. p. 25. ISBN 0738589225.
  3. ^ "Cydly Langer Smith succeeds her mother at helm of Kitsap Bank". Kitsap Daily News. April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Pritchett, Rachel (May 7, 2012). "Area's consummate banker closes successful career at Kitsap Bank". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Kitsap Bank (FDIC # 6161)". fdic.gov. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Roberts, C.R. (May 13, 2015). "Kitsap Bank acquires Fife Commercial Bank, full rebranding set for early 2016". The News Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  7. ^ a b Sooter, Tad (July 18, 2014). "Kitsap Bank on Wheaton Way opens Monday". Kitsap Sun. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Annual Report 2016". kitsapbank.com. Kitsap Bank. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  9. ^ Arthur, Allison (February 22, 2017). "Local banks dominate: National banks at bottom of Jefferson County market share report". Port Townsend Leader. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  10. ^ a b "Executive Team & Board". kitsapbank.com. Kitsap Bank. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  11. ^ "Company Overview of Kitsap Bank". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Kitsap Bank honored for Corporate Philanthropy". kitsapeda.org. Kitsap Economic Development Alliance. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  13. ^ Crowe, Melissa (April 25, 2017). "Revealed: The 75 most generous Washington state corporate philanthropists". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved April 9, 2018.

Further reading

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