Business View Magazine | May/June 2022

72 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 5 T here’s a good reason why Five Star Bank has been around for more than two centuries. The visionary community bank, headquartered in Warsaw, New York, doesn’t allow itself to settle where it’s comfortable. Five Star Bank is constantly pushing the boundaries of what a bank can offer, while providing its customers with the most up-to-date technology and services. “We operate on a foundation where we are continuing to encourage and train and develop our teammates and relationship managers to ensure that we are truly a trusted financial advisor offering the education, advice, and solutions that support the financial well-being of our customers,” says Five Star Bank’s President & CEO Martin K. Birmingham. “We aim to help our customers connect what they are doing today with the bank in support of their dreams tomorrow– whether for home ownership, educating children or grandchildren, or starting a small business, growing it into a bigger business, and ultimately even a bigger business.” Founded by Wolcott J. Humphrey in the mid 19th century as the Wyoming County Bank, the institution was privately held until going public in 2000. By 2005, four AT A GLANCE FIVE STAR BANK WHAT: A $5 billion community bank with a rich 200-year history WHERE: Headquartered in Warsaw, NY WEBSITE: www.five-starbank.com FiveStar Bank A vision for the future of banking