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Hoxworth needs at least 30 donors to commit to helping Bath State Bank at our West College Corner Blood Drive on Friday, June 7th — 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Each donor at our blood drive will receive a free mini-physical, and we will have door prizes. Those who register and donate will receive a free Reds-Hoxworth floppy hat!

Every two seconds someone needs blood for surgeries, emergencies, medical procedures and cancer treatments. To ensure an adequate blood supply to support patient usage in the 30 area hospitals served by Hoxworth Blood Center, a minimum of 350 volunteer blood donors and 40 volunteer platelet donors are needed every day.

If interested in donating blood, please call Cheryl at 765-732-3022 or set your appointment time at The Hoxworth web site or simply walk-in. 

Donating blood is a gift straight from your heart. We truly thank those unsung heroes who save lives by donating blood.

Have you checked your U.S. Savings Bond maturity dates lately? Sometimes people hold U.S. Savings Bonds past the date of final maturity by accident as bonds are simply stashed away somewhere and forgotten.

Bath State Bank has the ability to redeem U.S. Savings Bonds for Bath State Bank customers only. If you find Bonds and you don’t have the ability to check the maturity date, we can help you with that.
The U.S. Treasury Dept. has $29 billion dollars worth of Savings Bonds on its books that have matured, yet are unredeemed (as of Oct. 2021.)

Check with your family to see if you own any U.S. Savings Bonds.
 

“What’s Wrong with My Computer?” Do you experience slow-downs or error issues? It’s probably your cache and cookies.

In most browsers, the options for clearing the cache and clearing cookies are in the same place; however, they are not the same thing.

Your cache stores files downloaded directly from the websites you visit . . . files such as fonts, scripts to run the pages and images. Deleting the cache data helps to troubleshoot, helps to decrease the loading time of web pages and increases the performance of your computer. If the browser doesn’t load the new version of the site or web page, even if there have been changes on the site since the last visit, the cache can cause issues with the view and you can likely experience the dread of internet slow-down. When this happens, try to clear your browser cache.

Cookies store information about you and the things you’ve done online. If you browse an online store and add a bunch of things to a shopping list, that’s saved using a cookie. Cookies also keep track of which site you’re logged in to — which is why, if you clear your cookies, you’ll need to log back in to all of your accounts. Clearing your cache doesn’t affect any of this. Note: Clearing your cookies and cache does not clear your passwords.

Clearing your cache is different for every browser. Depending upon your device’s software, search under “settings” or “options.” Normally, you have the ability to select which items that you want to clear.

It is timeless advice: if a website isn’t loading properly, clear your cache and cookies. Just make sure that you don’t click the password box when you do this.
 

It’s Leap Day! Leap on over to one of our Bath State Bank offices for your IRA Contribution before you do your 2023 taxes. We have Fixed and Variable rates for your needs.

If you are unfamiliar with an IRA (Individual Retirement Account), it is an account established to save and invest money for retirement (provided you’re eligible), with potential tax benefits. The two basic types are the Traditional IRA and the Roth IRA. Each has slightly different rules and benefits. For complete details, our IRA section. 

Cybersecurity experts say their top concern when it comes to scams is AI, also known as “Artificial Intelligence.”

AI can be used to clone voices of loved ones, and it’s now being used to make fake videos that look realistic.

The greatest risk from generative AI will continue to be mis- and dis-information. It can be very difficult to tell what is real and what’s not.

You can protect yourself by verifying any unsolicited phone call, text message, email or social media message that you receive. For example, if you get an email from your bank and you didn’t initiate the contact: go to your bank or call the phone number that’s listed on your Bank statement or in the phonebook.

Scammers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence tools to clone the voices of individuals they target on social media. They place panic calls to their family or friends in the hope of convincing the unwitting recipient to give them money or access to sensitive information.

The goal of the scammer is to get you into fight or flight and to create urgency in your mind that your loved one is in some sort of trouble. So the best way to deal with those situations is to hang up and immediately call your loved one to verify the situation.

Tap to Pay, then be On Your Way! Bath State Bank offers Digital Wallet. Make contactless payments safely and securely with BSB’s Digital Wallet.

Bath State Bank is live with Apple Pay® and Samsung Pay®. No matter how you choose to shop, your Digital Wallet makes it even easier to pay with your Bath State Bank debit card.

Digital wallets use a one-time-use number each time you shop to help keep your information private. Your payment information is never shared with merchants or stored on your device. 

Make purchases in-store or through an app by adding your Bath State Bank debit card to your mobile wallet. Pay with a simple tap, click or touch. More secure than handing your card to a merchant.

What Can You Do With Digital Wallets?

• Provide quick, easy and secure payment when checking out at participating merchants.
• Make purchases online and in apps through participating merchants.

Where Can I Use My Digital Wallet?

• Look for the Contactless Payment and Visa Symbols on the merchant's credit card terminal.

Get Started

• Visit our Digital Wallet page for instructions and details. Please call us if you need help.