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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2012

Provident Encourages Consumers to "Shop Local" this Holiday Season

Bank featuring seven small businesses in social media series

This holiday season, Provident Bank launched its "Commitment to Small Business" series on Facebook and Twitter. Throughout the month, the bank is highlighting a variety of small businesses to give consumers ideas about where to shop and do business in New Jersey.

Featured small businesses include: ? Making Chocolate in Dumont ? Pomarico Pharmacy in Jersey City ? Mad One Jacks Salon in Hoboken ? Steakhouse 85 in New Brunswick ? Abbondanza Trattoria & Brick Oven Pizza in Jersey City ? Manor Shoes & Repairs in Teaneck ? John Trigo, CPA LLC in Jersey City

"Small businesses represent 98 percent of all employers in New Jersey and they are vital to our state's economy," said Chris Martin, Provident president and CEO. "We are committed to helping small businesses thrive and want to encourage consumers to support locally-owned businesses, particularly as many continue to recover from Hurricane Sandy."

Visit ProvidentNJ and ProvidentBankNJ to join the conversations.

More information about Provident is available at .

About The Provident Bank With $5.4 billion in deposits, The Provident Bank () serves its customers via a network of full-service branches throughout northern and central New Jersey. Provident Bank is the wholly owned subsidiary of Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE:PFS), which reported assets of $7.3 billion as of September 30, 2012.

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