Bank’s former commercial loan production office in Victor becomes its first full-service SMART Center in the Rochester Market
VICTOR, N.Y. – BankOnBuffalo celebrated the ribbon cutting of its first full-service community office today in the Rochester area. The new office, also known as a SMART Center, is located at 235 High Street Extension in Victor. The facility had functioned as the bank’s commercial loan production office since it opened two years ago and has been home to investment advisors with the bank’s affiliate 1865 Wealth Advisors at BankOnBuffalo since April 2023.
“We’re thrilled to open BankOnBuffalo’s first community office in the Rochester area,” said Michael Noah, president of BankOnBuffalo. “For the last few years, we’ve been actively investing in the growth and development of Rochester through the loans we’ve made to businesses and real estate developers in this community. Now, we’re taking the next step by bringing the full scope of our successful community banking model to consumers and business owners in the Rochester area.”
BankOnBuffalo’s entry into the Rochester market comes just seven years after the bank opened its first Community Office in Western New York. Since that time, the bank, which is a division of CNB Bank, has grown steadily. It currently employs more than 110 people, has more than $1.0 billion in deposits and operates 13 offices in Erie, Niagara and now Monroe Counties, including an innovative, full-service mobile office – its BankOnWheels.
The bank’s new community office in Victor will be managed by Rochester native and experienced banker Michael Tetamore.
Tetamore and his team will provide the full spectrum of banking, saving, and borrowing solutions to Rochester area residents, as well as businesses of all types and sizes. They will be joined in the office by colleagues from BankOnBuffalo’s private banking team, 1865 Wealth Advisors, who will deliver investment products and services to clients looking for these alternatives.
“It’s great to be a part of the BankOnBuffalo team and to lead the bank’s first full-service branch here in Rochester,” Tetamore said. “I’m confident that the things that have made BankOnBuffalo so successful in such a short period of time will resonate with the people of this community too.”
BankOnBuffalo’s Victor office will be open Monday – Friday, 9 am until 4 pm. The on-site SMART Station – an enhanced ATM – offers extended banking hours to customers through the use of live video chat with a BankOnBuffalo banker. Customers can access the SMART Station Monday – Friday from 7 am to 7 pm and on Saturday from 8 am to 3 pm.
“At BankOnBuffalo, we are committed to meeting the financial needs of consumers and business owners in Rochester by delivering the effective solutions they’re looking for and exceptional service they deserve.” said Michael Anderson, Market Executive at BankOnBuffalo. “It’s a formula that has been very well received in Western New York, and we believe will also be well received by folks here to Rochester.”
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About BankOnBuffalo
As a community bank, BankOnBuffalo, a division of CNB Bank, is and will continue to be developed by local people and businesses. This local decision-making increases the level of service provided to the communities in Western New York and brings growth to the entire region. More information is available at BankOnBuffalo.bank.
About CNB Financial Corporation
CNB Financial Corporation is a financial holding company with consolidated assets of approximately $5.9 billion. CNB Financial Corporation conducts business primarily through its principal subsidiary, CNB Bank. CNB Bank is a full-service bank engaging in a full range of banking activities and services, including trust and wealth management services, for individual, business, governmental, and institutional customers. CNB Bank operations include a private banking division, three loan production offices, one drive-up office, one mobile office, and 52 full-service offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Virginia. CNB Bank, headquartered in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, with offices in Central and North Central Pennsylvania, serves as the multi-brand parent to various divisions. These divisions include ERIEBANK, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, with offices in Northwest Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio; FCBank, based in Worthington, Ohio, with offices in Central Ohio; BankOnBuffalo, based in Buffalo, New York, with offices in Western New York; Ridge View Bank, based in Roanoke, Virginia, with offices in the Southwest Virginia region; and Impressia Bank, a division focused on banking opportunities for women, which operates in CNB Bank's primary market areas. Additional information about CNB Financial Corporation may be found at www.CNBBank.bank.