Banks in Kensington, CA

Bank branch map: Kensington

Banks sit at the coordinates in their FDIC record; credit union offices at their NCUA address, located with the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder. Point at a marker for today's hours, tap it for the address, directions and the bank's site.

Short answer: 1 institution operates 1 location in Kensington, according to the FDIC. 1 of them has coordinates on record and is on the map. ATMs and opening hours are not in the sources this page uses yet; each marker links to directions.

Positions are the regulators' own coordinates, or the Census Geocoder's point for the address, and can sit a few hundred feet from the door. Streets, buildings and parks come from OpenStreetMap through OpenFreeMap, with every street named as you zoom in; if that map cannot load, a simpler map drawn from the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line files takes its place. ATMs will follow with the Overture Maps import.

All banks in Kensington

Sorted by number of local branches. Each branch shows where its hours and phone number come from.

Short answer: Mechanics Bank is the only bank with an office in Kensington. Open any bank to see each address, today's hours where the bank publishes them and the phone number.

Mechanics Bank 1 branch · main office Walnut Creek, CA Bank · 1

Mechanics Bank has 1 branch in Kensington, 132 across California and 169 nationwide. FDIC records list its main office in Walnut Creek, CA and show it operating since 1905. With $21.25 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, it ranks No. 102 of 4,232 U.S. banks by total assets. The Kensington Branch at 279 Arlington Ave dates to 1896 in FDIC branch records. It does not publish hours in the sources this page uses; check its site before you go.

• Kensington Branch

  279 Arlington Ave, 94707

  Hours: see the bank's site
  DirectionsWebsite

Mechanics Bank: profile, branches and contacts

Banking in Kensington: the local picture

Short answer: 1 bank runs 1 branch in Kensington according to the FDIC. A population estimate for this place is not available from the Census Bureau, so branches per resident are not shown.

Mechanics Bank has its main office in Walnut Creek, CA, according to the FDIC.

The bank with the longest record here is Mechanics Bank, operating since 1905 according to the FDIC.

The one location here does not publish hours in the sources this page uses. Each branch links to the bank's own site.

Chase, Bank of America and other national banks

Which big national banks have branches in Kensington, and where the nearest one is if they do not.

Short answer: No branches in Kensington: Chase (nearest in Berkeley, 1 mi), Wells Fargo (nearest in Berkeley, 1 mi), Bank of America (nearest in Albany, 1 mi), PNC Bank (nearest in Walnut Creek, 12 mi), U.S. Bank (nearest in El Cerrito, 2 mi), Truist, Fifth Third Bank (nearest in Alameda, 10 mi), Huntington, Regions Bank, TD Bank, BMO (nearest in Berkeley, 2 mi).

Branch counts from FDIC BankFind as of September 5, 2026. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Kensington to the nearest branch in California.

What your savings could earn

National benchmarks and the best published offers, from the Banrox Bank Rates tracker. Enter your own balance and rate to compare.

Short answer: At the national average savings rate of 0.38%, $10,000 kept in savings for a year earns about $38. The best published savings rate in the tracker, 3.75% at CIT Bank, earns about $375. The national average 12-month CD pays 1.71%.

Rates are the banks' published APYs as tracked on the Banrox Bank Rates page, with the date next to each benchmark; they are not offers from Banrox and can change daily. Interest is before tax. The best offers are mostly online banks and are open to Kensington residents like anyone else.

Banks near Kensington

Nearby cities with at least two banks, by straight-line distance. Counts from FDIC BankFind.

Short answer: The closest towns with more choice are Albany (1 mile) and El Cerrito (2 miles). El Cerrito, 2 miles away, has the most banks nearby: 7.

Bank branch openings and closings in Kensington

FDIC branch records, between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026.

Short answer: FDIC branch records show no bank branch openings in Kensington between September 5, 2025 and September 5, 2026. Closings and relocations are not tracked by the sources this page uses yet.

Largest banks in Kensington by total assets

Ranked by each bank's total assets on its FDIC balance sheet, which covers the whole bank, not only its Kensington offices.

Short answer: Mechanics Bank is the largest bank with offices in Kensington, with $21.25 billion in total assets on June 30, 2026, No. 102 among U.S. banks by total assets. Local deposit shares will follow once the FDIC Summary of Deposits is imported.

Total assets and ranks from FDIC BankFind as of June 30, 2026. Rank is among active banks that report total assets to the FDIC.

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