orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2013 meridian interstate bancorp inc. type public company traded as nasdaq ebsb 1 industry financial services founded 1848 2 headquarters peabody massachusetts key people richard gavegnano chairman & ceo operating income us 84.969 million 2012 3 net income us 12.426 million 2012 3 total assets us 2.278 billion 2012 3 number of employees 348 2013 4 website www.ebsb.com meridian interstate bancorp inc. mib was a registered mid tier stock financial holding company for east boston savings bank which is a massachusetts chartered stock savings bank originally founded in 1848 . 5 6 the company delivers a wide range of deposit and loan products through the operation of the bank . 7 meridian financial services incorporated mfs a massachusetts chartered holding company owned 59.5 % of the company s common stock . 5 in july 2014 meridian interstate bancorp consummated a second step stock conversion . mib and its top tier holding company mfs ceased to exist and a new corporation meridian bancorp inc. was established . meridian bancorp is fully public . history edit east boston savings bank the subsidiary of the company was established in 1848 by some merchants and shipbuilders as a result of the booming commerce in boston . 8 9 in 2006 meridian interstate bancorp inc. was established as a bank holding company for east boston savings bank . it seeded the de novo hampshire first bank which was itself acquired several years later . 8 in 2009 meridian interstate entered into a merger agreement with mt. washington cooperative bank of south boston massachusetts . the merger was consummated in early 2010 and mt. washington bank now operates under its name as a division of east boston savings bank . 8 10 references edit traded symbols foundation time . a b c d selected financial data pdf . number of employees a b edgar pro . yahoo.brand.edgar online.com . retrieved 2014 03 17 . meridian interstate bancorp inc ebsb.o company profile . reuters.com . retrieved 2014 03 17 . meridian interstate bancorp inc. nasdaq ebsb quotes & news google finance . google.com . 2014 01 28 . retrieved 2014 03 17 . a b c east boston savings bank mt. washington bank about us . ebsb.com . retrieved 2014 03 17 . ebsb profile meridian interstate bancorp in stock yahoo finance . finance.yahoo.com . retrieved 2014 03 17 . print meridian interstate bancorp inc. and east boston savings bank complete acquisition of mt. washington cooperative bank . globenewswire.com . retrieved 2014 03 17 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to meridian interstate bancorp. official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title meridian interstate bancorp & oldid 735392564 categories companies listed on nasdaq1848 establishments in the united statesbanks established in 1848banks based in massachusettsfinancial services companies of the united statesholding companieshidden categories orphaned articles from december 2013all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category without a link on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 august 2016 at 11 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view