As part of an ongoing effort to support local artists, Bankwell is featuring the newest collection of paintings by local resident Ceal Swift themed "Door County, USA" through August. The community is invited to view the exhibit anytime during banking hours, which are 9-5 weekdays and 9-noon Saturdays at the 208 Elm Street branch. The public is also invited to attend an opening reception for the artist on Thursday, June 4th, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Ceal is…

Bankwell is collecting new and gently used item for men through Aug. 31, for Pacific House Emergency Men's Shelter in Stamford. Donations may be dropped off at any of these Bankwell branches: Stamford: 612 Bedford St. New Canaan: 208 Elm St. & 156 Cherry St. Wilton: 47 Old Ridgefield Road Contact Lucy French at Bankwell, at 203-972-3838 or lfrench@mybankwell.com for more information.

As part of an ongoing effort to prevent identity theft in the community, Bankwell in New Canaan is providing free on-site shredding services at the Bank’s 208 Elm Street branch on Saturday, October 3rd from 9:00 a.m. until noon. The Bank encourages residents of the community to take the opportunity to securely dispose of old disks, credit cards, passports, bills, invoices, checks, statements or other personal papers. The Bank requests that each individual limit their items to two 2’ square…

Bankwell is collecting new or gently used children’s books (for pre-school through 8th grade reading levels) in partnership with Kids Helping Kids through October 31st at the Bank’s Elm Street branch in New Canaan. The books will support the “Launch Libraries” initiative in the Bridgeport community. For more information, interested parties can call (203) 652-6319.

As part of our ongoing effort to provide identity theft, we're providing free on-site shredding services for our customers and the community. Take this opportunity to dispose securely of credit cards, passports, bills, invoices, checks statements and other personal papers.

Bankwell in New Canaan is pleased to present The Garden of Eden, an exhibition of collages by Eden Lucien Neleman. The opening reception will be held on Wednesday, September 7th, 5:30- 7 pm and the show will be up until October 31st. Based on photographic self-portrait studies and original and found imagery of flowers and waves, Eden’s work luminously inhabits the space between abstraction, representation and the transcendent. Her photography and collage work combine themes of the emotional and visual…

As part of an ongoing effort to prevent identity theft in the community, Bankwell in New Canaan is providing free on-site shredding services at the Bank’s 208 Elm St. branch on Saturday, Oct. 1st from 9 a.m. until noon. The Bank encourages residents of the community to take the opportunity to securely dispose of old disks, credit cards, passports, bills, invoices, checks, statements or other personal papers. The Bank requests that each individual limit their items to two 2’ square boxes. Bankwell…

As part of an ongoing effort to provide value to the community, Bankwell in New Canaan will host two free back-to-back seminars on Thursday, November 10th at the bank’s 208 Elm St. branch. The seminars will be presented by Dave Piersol, a Financial Advisor at Edward Jones in Darien. The first seminar, themed “College: Getting There from Here,” is designed to help parents and/or grandparents establish a college savings goal for a child and strategies to help achieve the goal…

As part of an ongoing effort to provide ongoing value to the community, Bankwell has announced that it will launch the Bankwell Pet Adoption Project on March 1st to create awareness about the many dogs and cats in need of homes at animal shelters throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties. All Bankwell branches will feature photographs and information about available dogs and cats, which will also be previewed on the bank’s website during March and April. The branches will also…