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APPLE BANK FOR SAVINGS NAMES MAYRA TEPAN ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT AND BRANCH MANAGER OF ITS SCARSDALE OFFICE

SCARSDALE, NY – JULY 24, 2018 – Apple Bank for Savings has announced the appointment of Mayra Tepan as Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager at the Scarsdale, Westchester branch office located at 1075 Central . Ms. Tepan joins Apple Bank from Peoples United Bank, where she most recently served as Branch Manager of their Yonkers office.

James Matera, Executive Vice President and Head of Apple Bank’s Consumer Banking Division, said, “We are very pleased that Mayra Tepan has joined the Apple Bank team in Westchester. She brings excellent retail banking experience and a strong familiarity with the local banking market, having served in branch management positions in the Westchester area with Peoples United Bank and J.P. Morgan Chase.”

Ms. Tepan joined Peoples United Bank in 2012 in Massachusetts and then moved to Connecticut where she spent three years as Lead Financial Services Associate in their Greenwich office. Ms. Tepan then was promoted to Branch Manager of the Stamford, Connecticut office before moving on to head their Yonkers branch in Westchester.

Mayra joined Peoples United Bank from TD Bank where she had been a Customer Service Representative for two years in Massachusetts. Previously, she worked for J.P. Morgan Chase as a Senior Teller in their Harrison, New York office beginning in 2004. Ms. Tepan joined J.P. Morgan Chase when the bank was Washington Mutual, and she served as an Interim Teller while in college.

1 Ms. Tepan is a resident of Port Chester, New York, which has been her home since she and her parents came to the United States from Ecuador when she was 14. Mayra is a graduate of Port Chester High School and has a B.A. degree in mathematics and computer science from SUNY Purchase. For recreation, she enjoys traveling around the world and competing in Spartan Races. A Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty, ranging from 3 miles to marathon distances.

About Apple Bank

Apple Bank, established in 1863, provides consumer and small business banking services in greater New York through its branch network and online banking platform and is an active lender in the commercial real estate and corporate banking sectors. Apple is the second-largest state-chartered savings bank in New York State, with $12.8 billion in assets and 79 branches located in the five boroughs of , , Westchester and Rockland. Visit us at www.applebank.com.

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