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Amalgamated Bank Announces Agreement to Acquire Amalgamated Bank of Chicago

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Amalgamated Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: AMAL), the holding company for Amalgamated Bank (“AMAL”), America’s socially responsible bank, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Amalgamated Investments Company, the holding company for Amalgamated Bank of Chicago (“ABOC”), for approximately $98.1 million, which includes an earnout of up to $1.1 million, in an all-cash transaction.

Radical imagination in banking and our economic system

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Officially one year into the COVID-19 pandemic and erratic state-by-state lockdowns, we continue to question what a “new normal” will look like for our country. We know that a return to old ways of doing business isn’t viable for the health of our planet and communities and that we have a responsibility to radically reimagine how we do business. 

Morgan Stanley's big step for values based banking

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Morgan Stanley’s announcement that they are joining the Partnership For Carbon Accounting (PCAF) is evidence of the gradual shift in the banking sector towards meaningful climate action. It is also a big victory for values based banking and for all those clients and customers who have decided to put their money where their values are.

The responsibility of being a socially responsible bank

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This month we turned 97 years old so we’ve seen our share of up and down times. We’ve navigated through depressions, recessions, world wars, bubbles, artificial highs and some very real lows. But we have never before seen anything like the present.  The COVID-19 virus is having a far-reaching effect, not just on our business, but on our families, our communities and our nation’s financial future.

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Labor of Love

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Bank Director recently featured Amalgamated Bank in their magazine about our 96 year history and our mission to support socially responsible companies and progressive causes.

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Mandy Tenner on What Values-Based Banking Looks Like

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Profile Magazine recently released a special feature about Mandy Tenner, Amalgamated Bank's Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel 

And the winner is...

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Does it really matter if a bank is socially responsible?  Who cares what the bank does with your money, just as long as it is there when you need it?  We care. At Amalgamated Bank, we believe banking – and the entire financial sector for that matter – must be responsible for its social and environmental impact. 

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Keith Mestrich Discusses Values-Based Banking with Cheddar News

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Keith Mestrich,  President and CEO of Amalgamated Bank, joined Cheddar News to discuss a recent study about how many consumers are not aware what happens when they deposit their money with their bank.

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Americans Take Their Values to the Bank

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New survey reveals that a large majority of Americans care that their bank acts in a socially responsible manner – but only half know what their bank actually does with their money

Leading the way to Responsible Banking

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Today, we became the first bank in the United States to endorse the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Banking. The Principles for Responsible Banking provide the framework for the sustainable banking system of the future.