Business Description
Century Bancorp, Inc. is a Massachusetts state-chartered bank holding company
headquartered in Medford, Massachusetts. The Company is a Massachusetts corporation
formed in 1972 and has one banking subsidiary (the “Bank”): Century
Bank and Trust Company formed in 1969. The Bank’s customers consist primarily
of small and medium-sized businesses and retail customers in these communities
and surrounding areas, as well as local governments and institutions throughout
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York.
The Company’s results of operations are largely dependent on net interest
income, which is the difference between the interest earned on loans and securities
and interest paid on deposits and borrowings. The results of operations are
also affected by the level of income and fees from loans, deposits, as well
as operating expenses, the provision for loan losses, the impact of federal
and state income taxes and the relative levels of interest rates and economic
activity.
The Company offers a wide range of services to commercial enterprises, state
and local governments and agencies, non-profit organizations and individuals.
It emphasizes service to small and medium-sized businesses and retail customers
in its market area. The Company makes commercial loans, real estate and construction
loans and consumer loans, and accepts savings, time, and demand deposits. In
addition, the Company offers to its corporate and institutional customers automated
lock box collection services, cash management services and account reconciliation
services, and actively promotes the marketing of these services to the municipal
market. Also, the Company provides full service securities brokerage services
through a program called Investment Services at Century Bank, which is supported
by LPL Financial, a third party full-service securities brokerage business.
The Company has municipal cash management client engagements in Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and Rhode Island comprising of approximately 250 government entities.