Welcome to our Banking Family!

On December 4, 2009, the former AmTrust Bank commenced operation as a division of New York Community Bank, the savings bank subsidiary of New York Community Bancorp and one of the largest savings banks in the United States.

As this most likely seems a significant change, let us be quick to assure you: You’ll continue to be served by the same friendly staff who have always served you at AmTrust, and all of AmTrust Bank’s branches will remain open, as in the past.

In addition, please be assured that New York Community Bank is a well-capitalized, sound and secure, FDIC-insured institution, with a commitment to providing exceptional customer service and a record of active involvement in the communities our customers call home. In fact, we are currently celebrating our 150th year of strength, service, and stability.

We are delighted to welcome you to our banking family, which began with a single branch in Flushing, New York in 1859. Today, the NYCB Family of Banks has assets in excess of $42 billion, deposits in excess of $22 billion, and 279 branches in Metro New York, New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Arizona. Our measures of asset quality rank among the best in the nation and, in the midst of the recession, we’ve been growing our earnings and augmenting our capital strength.

This means we have the financial means--as well as the commitment--to provide you with more of the banking products and services, and conveniences, you seek.

In the weeks ahead, you’ll be hearing more about our expanded banking family, and what the addition of AmTrust Bank to our family means to you. In the meantime, please feel free to click on the New York Community Bank logo for general information about us. For information specific to your accounts with AmTrust, please speak with your local branch representative or call AmTrust’s Call Center at (888) 268-7878 — you’ll continue to be served by the same local staff who’ve been serving you all along.

Press Release: New York Community Bancorp, Inc. Acquires the Deposits and Certain Assets of AmTrust Bank

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