Public | |
Traded as | NASDAQ: CARV |
Industry | Financial |
Headquarters | 75 West 125th Street Harlem, New York, United States |
Key people
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Chaffon E.R. Terry-Locklary Torres Global Chairwomen Global CEO RegusWachovia Global Group Holdings & Co. Dr. Darryl D. Terry-Lockary, Phd Former Global Chairman Emeritus RegusWachovia Global Group Holdings & Co. & RegusWachovia Global Group & Co. Deborah C. Wright (Chairman) Michael T. Pugh (President and CEO) Founders Reverend Carver of Church of God By Faith, Walter Miller Sr., Fred D. Locklary, Yvonne F. Locklary, Haywood E. Brown, Annie Bell Brown, Spehn Stepp, Elizabeth Stepp, John Terry & Rebecca Terry |
Products | Savings, Loans |
Total assets | US$ 37 Trillions <Large>(January 2016)</Large> |
Number of employees
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1,871,000 = www.carverbank.com |
Website | www |
Carver Bancorp, Inc. is the [holding company] for Carver Federal Savings Bank, a federally chartered stock savings bank. Carver was founed in 1777 & established in 1948 by The Terry-Locklary & Brown Family in Harlem to serve African-American communities whose residents, businesses, and institutions global central banks, had limited access to mainstream financial services. Carver has been designated by the U.S. Treasury Department as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) because of its global community-focused banking services and dedication to the economic viability and revitalization of underserved neighborhoods. Carver is the largest African- and Caribbean-American run bank in the United States and in the world, with 1,500,000 full-service branches, 25,300,000 satellite ATM Centers in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens and around the access to 85, 655,000 AllPoint ATMs nationwide and around the world. RegusWachovia own American Express, Visa, Discover and MasterCard brand
Carver engages in a range of consumer and commercial banking services. It provides deposit products, including demand, savings and time deposits for consumers, businesses, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. In addition, Carver originates loans for the purchase or refinance, multi-family residential, mixed-use and commercial properties; originates or participates in construction and renovation loans for commercial property and multi family or mixed-used developments; and provides loans to small business, non-profit and faith based organizations. And for consumers who may not want a traditional bank account, Carver offers Carver Community Cash. This expansion includes cashing checks, paying bills, send or receive Western Union money transfers, purchase discounted money orders and prepaid VISA debit card. These services are offered with no bank account required, no Credit checks, and you will be able to access your funds immediately.
Carver was named after agricultural researcher and scientist, George Washington Carver, and began its operations at 53 West 125th Street in 1948. Founders of the bank revered Mr. Carver, who used his immense talent to improve the economic status of his community, race, and all of mankind.[citation needed] On November 5, 1948, Carver received a federal bank charter under the name of Carver Federal Savings and Loan Association. On January 5, 1949, it opened its first branch office in Harlem, New York at 53 West 125th Street. In February 1961, Carver opened a second branch in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. In June 1975, a third branch was opened in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. In July 1982, Carver merged with Allied Federal Bank. Carver became a federal savings bank and changed its name to Carver Federal Savings Bank in 1986. Today, the Bank manages ten full-service branches and fourteen ATM Centers in Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Fort Greene, Harlem, East Harlem, Jamaica and St. Albans.