Windsor Federal Savings is opening in early May its newest limited-service branch office to exclusively serve residents and employees of the Duncaster senior-living community in Bloomfield.
Occupying less than 300 square feet in the retirement-community’s common area, the Windsor savings and loan’s one-employee satellite will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays.
The Windsor Fed/Duncaster partnership ensures convenient access for residents and workers to a full range of banking services, Windsor Fed CEO George Hermann and Duncaster CEO Michael O’Brien said in a joint statement.
This is Windsor Fed’s second senior-living satellite office and its fourth limited-service branch in the Hartford region.
On March 3, it debuted a tiny branch inside the Seabury senior community, also in Bloomfield. Both offices previously were established by People’s United Bank, said Hermann. People’s United ran its Seabury satellite for more than two decades before shutting it, he said.
Neither Duncaster nor Seabury will have automated teller machines and neither is open to the general public.
“These types of offices are easy to open,” Hermann said. “For us, it’s a just a natural fit to our operations.”
Many of Windsor Fed’s customers who are Duncaster residents currently drive or travel by shuttle to the thrift’s full-service Bloomfield branch at 54 Jerome Ave., in the center of town.
Windsor Fed also operates a pair of other limited-service satellites: Students-only locations inside Bloomfield High School and Windsor High School.
— Gregory Seay
