About Us

As we celebrate our 175th anniversary, Seamen’s Bank still holds true to its vision made in 1851 when David Fairbanks and a group of community-minded individuals thought it was time to open Provincetown’s own bank. This bank would be a mutually owned institution that focused on the needs of the people and would offer a high level of personal service and foster close-knit relationships with families and small businesses. Seamen’s Savings Bank opened for business in the Union Wharf Exchange building in 1852. Its first customer deposited $36 and became Cape Cod’s first community bank.

Serving our communities from Provincetown to Dennis, we continue to be a mutually owned bank striving to be the quintessential community institution. We do it all with thoughtful and personal service through our branch network and digital channels, providing a full complement of personal and business banking services, including free checking accounts, high-yielding savings accounts, residential mortgages, commercial mortgages, and business lines of credit.

Our employees support the community through active participation in community events, membership on the boards of local non-profit institutions, and participation in local government. The Seamen’s Bank Charitable Foundation provides funding for many charitable organizations with contributions exceeding the totals of most banks of our size.

We invite you to join us as we honor and celebrate our past, our present, and our future.

Lori F. Meads
President and CEO