January 08, 2024
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Provided Courtesy/WSFS Bank
The exterior of the new banking office located at WSFS’ Philadelphia headquarters at 1818 WSFS Bank Place on Market Street.
WSFS Bank celebrated the grand opening of its banking office and the accompanying Wiss Fiss Lounge at the company's Philadelphia headquarters at 1818 WSFS Bank Place on Market Street.
Located in the heart of Center City, the new banking office includes offices for meetings with customers, a full-service ATM and a modern banking environment. In addition to the new banking office, WSFS leased an additional 1,479 square feet in the building lobby to create the Wiss Fiss Lounge. This space will provide building tenants, visitors, local businesses and the Community a place to meet and host special events, with access to a variety of quick serve food and beverage options.
Pictured Left to Right): Phang, the Philadelphia Union’s mascot; Rodger Levenson, Chairman, President and CEO, WSFS Bank; Prema Katari Gupta, CEO, Center City District; Jodie Harris, President, Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation; Sheila Hess, City Representative, City of Philadelphia; Michael Shorr, Regional Director, PA Department of Community & Economic Development; Shari Kruzinski, Executive Vice President, Chief Consumer Banking Officer, WSFS Bank; Robert Cumens, Vice President, Retail Office Manager, WSFS Bank; Carolyn Urbanovich, Senior Vice President, Regional Manager, WSFS Bank; Shelly Kavanagh, Senior Vice President, Director of Retail Delivery, WSFS Bank.
The
WSFS CARES Foundation, the charitable giving arm of WSFS Bank, provided its
first grant of 2024 to Gift of Life Howie’s House. The $10,000 grant will
support the organization’s mission to serve as a “home away from home” for
transplant patients and their families by providing temporary, affordable
lodging, and supportive services to those who travel to Philadelphia for
transplant-related care.The celebration also featured a performance by a
Mummers string band, and an appearance by Phang, the Philadelphia Union’s
mascot.
The WSFS CARES Foundation, the charitable giving arm of WSFS Bank, provides its first grant of 2024 to Gift of Life Howie’s House.
Provided Courtesy/WSFS Bank
“Since WSFS moved into this building in 2019, we’ve anxiously awaited this
day and the opportunity to open a banking office at WSFS Bank Place,” said
Kruzinski. “We look forward to welcoming Customers to our new banking office
and Wiss Fiss Lounge. This location will provide a full range of amenities
to meet Customers’ needs and space to share with Customers, Community
members and our fellow tenants of 1818 Market Street. WSFS has been serving
our Customers and Communities for nearly 200 years, and our team is eager to
bring banking services to this new location in Center City Philadelphia.”
The grand opening of its banking office and the accompanying Wiss Fiss Lounge marks another chapter in WSFS Bank’s commitment to Philadelphia. Serving the Greater Delaware Valley since 1832, WSFS Bank is the oldest and largest locally headquartered bank and trust company in the Greater Philadelphia and Delaware region.
