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2025
- Why World's Largest Crab Cake Was Served Up to Richmond Flying Squirrels Fans: 'Taste of Chesapeake' | WTVR CBS 6 News - June 20205
- Williamsburg REALTORS Commemorates 70 Years with Platinum Jubilee Celebration | WYDAILY - June 2025
- Chesapeake Bank and our I.D.E.A. Committee Collaborates with Culture Encounters, Richmond Nonprofit | Richmond Magazine - June 2025
- 125 Years of Community: Northern Neck Celebration - May 2025
- Chesapeake Bank Announces Strategic Leadership Hires to Strengthen Fraud Prevention and Operations - May 2025
- Chesapeake Financial Shares Host Annual Shareholders Meeting and Kicks Off 125th Anniversary - April 2025
- AARP Recognizes 193 Financial Organizations for Their Role in Fighting Financial Exploitation - February 2025
- Chesapeake Financial Shares, Inc. Appoints Dede Ramoneda to Board of Directors - January 2025
- Area Organizations Benefit From Cole Trust Foundation Distribution | Rappahannock Record - January 2025
2024
- Best Banks To Work For 2024 List - Chesapeake Bank Ranks #41 | American Banker - November 2024
- Chesapeake Bank Releases Ad Campaign - "The Chesapeake Way" | The Pitch: Advertising and Marketing News - November 2024
- Best CD Rates Today: Rates Are Ticking Down, But You Can Still Lock In Up to 5.20% APY this Weekend | Aol - August 2024
- Chesapeake Bank’s Payment System Eases Financial Worries For Truck Drivers | Proactive Investors - August 2024
- Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management Announce Retirement of Jean Light | Rappahannock Record - July 2024
- A “Top Performing” Community Bank” In the U.S. For The Seventeenth Consecutive Year | Yahoo Finance - July 2024
- Chesapeake Bank Donates Clear Backpacks to Richmond Public Schools | Virginia This Morning - July 2024
- Chesapeake Bank Launches Real-Time Payments System for Trucking Sector | Proactive Investors - July 2024
- Recipe for Success | Forbes & Fortune - June 2024
- Chesapeake Bank Announces Retirement of Longtime Executive, John O’Shaughnessy | Proactive Investors - June 2024
- 92 Days Of Summer Sweepstakes | WYTDaily - May 2024
- Benefiting From Advisory Boards | ABA Banking Journal - May 2024
- Podcast: Is It Time To Kill The Paper Check? | ABA Banking Journal - May 2025
- Chesapeake Financial CEO Reflects on Strong 1Q Performance and Growth Plans for 2024 | Proactive - May 2024
- MBA Education Path to Diversity Scholar Profile: Jessica Dehoux | MBA NewsLink - May 2024
- Chesapeake Bank’s Positive Pay Business Solution Prevents Six Figures in Financial Fraud Attempts in 2023 | WYDaily - February 2024
- Chesapeake Reports $10.12M in 2023 Earnings | Gloucester Mathews Gazette-Journal, January 2024
- The Buck Stays Here Pop-Up Events Held to Boost Local Business | Gazette-Journal, January 2024
2023
- Learn More About Chesapeake Bank and Chesapeake Wealth Management | wtvr.com - December 2023
- Chesapeake Wealth Management Taps Elizabeth Mullins as Vice President Trust Officer | Proactive Investors - December 2023
- John Sadler to Step Down as Chesapeake Wealth Management President | Gazette Journal - November 2023
- Pathway to Careers, Greater Williamsburg Chamber Insights | WYDaily - November 2023
- The Buck Stays Here Holiday Campaign Is Back to Boost Local Business with $100,000 for the Greater Williamsburg Community | WYDaily - November 2023
- Chesapeake Financial Shares Announces Dividend | Gazette - November 2023
- Chesapeake Posts $2.48M in 3Q Earnings | Gazette Journal - October 2023
- Chesapeake Bank Opens a NEW Loan Office in Newport News…and NEW Website! | WYDaily - October 2023
- Felicia Stovall Promoted to Senior Wealth Advisor | Gazette-Journal - September 2023
- Eastern Virginia: Best Services Winners 20, Ranks Chesapeake Bank 1st | Virginia Living - August 2023
- Lending A Hand | Gazette Journal - August 2023
- Chesapeake Bank Opens Loan Office in Newport News City Center | Virginia Pilot - August 2023
- ePay Presents Payments Awards | ePayResources - March 2023
- Three Henrico Schools to Participate in ‘Read to Them’ Program | Henrico Citizen - March 2023
- Chesapeake Bank Shares How New Digital Debit Card Is Giving Consumers Instant Access To Funds | Proactive Investors - March 2023
- Chesapeake Bank Debuts New Digital Debit Card Product by Leveraging Partnerships with Trabian, Q2, and Jack Henry | Proactive Investors - February 2023
- Bank Supports Art in Transit | Rappahannock Record - February 2023
- Chesapeake Financial Shares Announces Record Earnings for 2022 | Proactive Investors - February 2023
- ETA Announces Industry Affairs Committee Leadership for 2023 | Green Sheet - January 2023
2022
- Chesapeake Bank Promotes Richardson to Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer | Rappahannock Record - December 2022
- Sam Poole Promoted to Chief Retail Officer | Richmond Times-Dispatch - December 2022
- Furry Friends Feature: Purr-fect Holiday Gifts for a Dog-gone Good Cause | WYDaily - December 2022
- Chesapeake Bank CFO Becky Foster Appointed COO | Virginia Business - November 2022
- Chesapeake Bank’s Mathews Branch Moving This Weekend | Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, November 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Named One of the Best Banks to Work For | Gloucester-Mathews Humane Society - November 2022
- This Holiday Season, Give Local Businesses a Big Boost | WYDaily - November 2022
- Chesapeake Financial Shares Says Its Asset Quality Is “As Good as It Has Ever Been” | Proactive Investors - November 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Participates in Virginia Banking Fellows Program | Rappahannock Record - September 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Contributes to Reynolds CC Student | Gazette-Journal - September 2022
- We Go Beyond Banking Because Your Goals Go Beyond Banking | WYDaily - September 2022
- Volunteers Make YMCA Bright Beginnings Special | Rappahannock Record - August 2022
- Literacy for Life Welcomes Thomas Claiborne to Board of Directors | WYDaily - August 2022
- Chesapeake Financial Reports $4.27 Million in Earnings in 1Q With Extremely Good Asset Quality | Proactive - April 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Supports Boys & Girls Club Banners Campaign | Rappahannock Record - April 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Breaks Ground on New Mathews Location | Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, March 2022
- VBA, Virginia Banks Sponsor Students, Staff for Virginia Reads One Book | Augusta Free Press - March 2022
- Chesapeake Bank Video Tells Story of Maggie Walker | Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, March 2022
- Five Ways To Give Back To Your Community When You Spend Locally | Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, February 2022
- Chesapeake Isn’t Content to Be A ‘Community Bank’ in Name Only | CEOCFO Magazine - January 2022