Local Banking Options 

If you want to find a bank that keeps your money close to home and puts it to work for your community (here are four good reasons why you should!), we’ve got a list of community banks and credit unions in Rhode Island. 

By our count, there are branches in 35 of our 39 municipalities. You can bank locally in villages from Pascoag to Riverside, and Manville to Chepachet. 

Don’t forget to do your research first: 

  • BankLocal.info provides a rating of how well banks contribute to the health of local economies. For example, Peoples Credit Union merits ⭐️⭐️⭐️(out of three stars) for Strong Impact, compared to Santander’s ⭐️ Weak Impact rating. 
  • MightyDeposits.com shows you what banks invest in. For example, for every $100 you deposit at Bank Newport, the bank makes $74 of community investments. Compare that to $26 for Bank of America. 
  • Community credit unions and banks formed to respond to the needs of local people, so learn the history of your bank. For example, Navigant Credit Union launched in 1915 in the basement of Notre Dame Parish in Central Falls to serve Blackstone Valley textile workers. 

Bank Newport 
Ownership: Stock 
Headquartered in: Newport 
Branches in: Barrington, Bristol, Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Jamestown, Johnston, Middletown, Narragansett, Newport, North Kingstown, Portsmouth, Providence, Tiverton, Warren, Warwick

Bank Rhode Island 
Ownership: Stock 
Headquartered in: Providence 
Branches in: Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, East Providence, Johnston, Lincoln, Middletown, North Kingstown, Pawtucket, Providence, Smithfield, Wakefield, Warwick, Woonsocket

Centreville Savings Bank 
Ownership: Mutual 
Headquartered in: West Warwick 
Branches in: Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, Narragansett, North Kingstown, Providence, Warwick, West Greenwich, West Warwick 

Community & Teachers Federal Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: East Providence  

Coventry Teachers FCU 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Coventry

Cranston Municipal Employees Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Cranston 

Greenwood Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Warwick 

Home Loan Investment Bank
Headquartered in: Warwick
Branches in: Cumberland, Newport, Providence, Warwick

Independence Bank
Headquartered in: East Greenwich 

Navigant Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative
Headquartered in: Smithfield 
Branches in: Central Falls, Chepachet, Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich, Greenville, Lincoln, Manville, North Providence, Pawtucket, Riverside, Rumford, Scituate, Slatersville, Smithfield, Wakefield, Warren, Warwick, Woonsocket 

Pawtucket Credit Union  
Headquartered in: Pawtucket
Branches in: Bristol, Cranston, Cumberland, East Greenwich, East Providence, North Kingstown, North Providence, Pawtucket, Providence, Smithfield, Wakefield, Warwick 

Peoples Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Middletown
Branches in: Bristol, Middletown, Newport, North Kingstown, Portsmouth, Wakefield 

Ocean State Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Coventry
Branches in: Coventry, North Kingstown, West Warwick

Rhode Island Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Providence
Branches in: Bristol, Cranston, Kingston, Pascoag, Pawtucket, Providence

Washington Trust
Ownership: Stock
Headquartered in: Westerly
Branches in: Block Island, Charlestown, Coventry, Cranston, East Greenwich, East Providence, Johnston, Narragansett, North Kingstown, North Providence, Providence, Richmond, Rumford, Wakefield, Warwick, Westerly 

Wave Federal Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Warwick 

Westerly Community Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Westerly
Branches in: Coventry, Richmond, Wakefield, Westerly

Woodlawn Federal Credit Union 
Ownership: Cooperative 
Headquartered in: Pawtucket

If we’ve missed any community banks or credit unions, please email us.