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President & CEO Tim Geelan discusses market volatility and the ongoing media coverage.

With the current volatility and concern in the current financial markets, it’s understandable that people will worry about the security of their deposits. They may even question whether they should protect their hard-earned savings by moving them to a larger, “too-big-to-fail” bank. It’s a fair question, but as a trusted financial partner, we’d suggest there’s […]

Over the last few days, you’ve likely seen the reports concerning the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in California, the recent closing by regulators of Signature Bank, New York, and the self-liquidation of crypto currency bank Silvergate. We understand how dramatic and concerning these headlines seem and we want to take a moment to […]

Looking to set some key financial goals by 30? Here’s what to consider first, and which goals you should strive to achieve.

CFE Fund finds that Aspire Checking meets over twenty-five qualifications for safe and affordable consumer transaction accounts GSB recently announced that its Aspire Checking was officially certified by the national Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund (CFE Fund) as meeting the Bank On National Account Standards (2023 – 2024).  The Bank On standards—co-created by consumer advocates, […]

GSB introduces Aspire Checking, a BankOn certified checking account created to ensure that everyone has access to a safe and affordable bank account. With this new account, launching in January of 2023, GSB aims to help those that are unbanked or underbanked in our community. This may include people without a checking or savings account […]

At GSB, we know a thing or two about security – and we’re constantly working to protect our customers and clients. Here are four things that can help all individuals and organizations to make smart decisions whether on the job, at home or at school – now and in the future: Enable Multi-Factor Authentication: Multi-factor […]

Banking Delivered the Right Way. Your Way. From the desk of Neal Brauner GSB Digital Banking Officer Banking has changed considerably over the years. It used to be that local banks would demonstrate their support for a community by opening a branch office to serve the people living nearby. Clients would then come to the […]