Dody Fraher-Ruland, Residential and Retail Loan Manager of Merchants Bank announces the promotion of Debra McDurfee to Residential and Retail Lending Associate. McDurfee has eighteen years of banking experience, with eleven years as a Personal Banking Lender for Merchants Bank. She is an active volunteer in her community and assists at Hope Lodge in her spare time.
Established in 1849, Merchants Bank is Vermont’s largest and sole remaining statewide independent bank. Consumer, business, municipal and investment customers enjoy personalized relationships, sophisticated online and mobile banking options, and 32 branches statewide. Merchants Bank (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender, NASDAQ “MBVT”) and Merchants Trust Company employ approximately 300 full-time employees and 40 part-time employees statewide, and have earned several “Best Places to Work in Vermont” awards. American Banker ranks Merchants Bank a “Top 200” in America among 851 peers.