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The Village Bank hires Francis as vice president, digital banking

Clarice Francis

Newton, MA According to Joseph De Vito, president and CEO of The Village Bank, Clarice Francis has joined the bank as vice president, digital banking.

Francis joins the bank after working in the same role at Athol Savings Bank. She previously was a digital banking officer and project manager for MutualOne Bank, where she worked for more than nine years.

At The Village Bank, Francis will be responsible for all digital banking (consumer and business) programs. 

She will serve as the functional owner of the bank’s digital strategy playbook, which includes digital product delivery (online and mobile banking), product engagement, digital payments, digital customer service, and digital security. 

A resident of Leominster, Francis graduated from Framingham High School and Framingham State University.

The Village Bank, chartered by the state in 1910, has nearly $2 billion in assets and has nine full-service branch locations in Newton, Wayland and Waltham, as well as a Village Loan Center in Upper Falls. The Bank offers online banking services at village-bank.com and can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/villagebank.

The Bank is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Depositors Insurance Fund (DIF).

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