PFS

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

A bank holding company based in Iselin, New Jersey, that runs Provident Bank, a regional lender serving individuals and businesses across New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and parts of New York, plus wealth-management arm Beacon Trust. The bank traces its roots to 1839, when civic leaders in Jersey City gathered around a stove at a general store to create a "people's bank" for immigrant workers. In its earliest days, deposits were kept in a tin box that officers carried home each night for safekeeping.