Lauren Bousquet has joined Rockville Bank as assistant vice president, retail banking officer, at the institution’s branch office at 6 Fieldstone Common in Tolland.
Bousquet is primarily responsible for business development and community relations in Tolland. She also concentrates on the development of commercial and consumer accounts and residential lending, and is responsible for providing clients with the bank’s best product for individual financial solutions and offering professional customer service.
Bousquet joins Rockville Bank with 11 years of diversified financial experience. She has been a consultant for Webster Bank, as well as a director of financial operations for Day, Berry & Howard. She lives in South Windsor with her husband, Stephen, and their three children.
Rockville Bank is an 18-branch community bank in Connecticut that strives to provide a convenient banking lifestyle for the communities it serves: Coventry, Rockville, Vernon, Ellington, Tolland, Manchester, East Hartford, South Windsor, East Windsor, Suffield, Enfield, Somers, Glastonbury and South Glastonbury, with four supermarket locations open seven days a week.
ID Theft Seminar Set
Last year, 10 million people had their identities stolen. It can cost the victim thousands of dollars in bad debt and legal expenses. But knowledgeable consumers easily can protect themselves, and that’s why a group of area banks are inviting Connecticut residents to a free Identity Theft Seminar featuring Robert L. Siciliano, a nationally renowned ID theft expert.
The event will be held on Tuesday, May 30, at Maneeley’s Banquet Facility at 65 Rye St. in South Windsor. Registration begins at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Parking is free, refreshments will be provided and several door prizes will be presented. To reserve a seat, call (860) 291-3654.
The following banks are underwriting and sponsoring the free program: Bank of America, Bankers’ Bank Northeast, Connecticut Bank & Trust, Enfield Federal Savings & Loan, First National Bank of Suffield, Rockville Bank, Savings Institute and TD Banknorth.
Seminar speaker Siciliano, who is known as “The Lifesaver,” is an expert on personal security with 18 years of security training in everything from white-collar crimes to martial arts, personal body guarding, barroom bouncing and observing the human condition. The Boston resident is the author of the book, “The Safety Minute: 01” and has been featured in various publications and broadcast programs ranging from Good Housekeeping magazine to television’s “Maury” and “The Montel Williams Show.”
Credit Union Selects OSI
Santa Fe, N.M.-based State Employees Credit Union recently selected Glastonbury-based Open Solutions Inc.’s “The Complete Credit Union Solution” to address its in-house, enterprise-wide data processing needs.
State Employees Credit Union has $140 million in assets, six branches and more than 25,000 members. OSI is a provider of integrated enabling technologies for financial institutions across the United States and Canada. The credit union is scheduled to complete installation of the OSI program later this year.
Harold Dixon, president and chief executive officer of State Employees Credit Union, said, “The open architecture is the most important aspect of ‘The Complete Credit Union Solution’ and was the deciding factor for us to go with Open Solutions. With this type of infrastructure, we believe that we will be able to grow into the system, customize it and move forward with ease. No other system we looked at offered this level of flexibility. Our evaluation of the product indicated that it is not only a superior core processing solution with regard to its structure and functionality, but that it’s also being delivered and maintained in a manner we find best suited for the long-term interests of our institution and members.”