Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. operates as the holding company for Bankwell Bank, offering a range of banking services to individual and commercial clients. The company provides traditional deposit products such as checking, savings, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its lending services include first mortgage loans for owner-occupied one-to-four family residential properties, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit secured by similar properties. Bankwell also offers loans secured by commercial real estate, multi-family dwellings, owner-occupied commercial real estate, and investor-owned one-to-four family dwellings. Additionally, it provides commercial construction loans for various development projects, including apartment buildings, condominiums, office buildings, retail spaces, and other income-producing properties. The company's loan portfolio also includes land loans, commercial business loans secured by corporate assets and personal guarantees, loans to finance insurance premiums, overdraft lines of credit, and personal loans. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. operates branches in New Canaan, Stamford, Fairfield, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, and Hamden, Connecticut. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut, having changed its name from BNC Financial Group, Inc. in September 2013.