Framingham Co-operative Bank and its advertising agency, Sundin Associates of Natick, have won an American Bankers Association’s Financial Marketing Award.

The bank’s recent "Checking for Charity" campaign was the second-place winner in the impact category of the competition. Each new checking account during the campaign netted a $10 donation to the American Cancer Society.

Steven Sousa, senior vice president of Framingham Co-operative Bank, said nearly 500 new accounts were opened during the campaign. The bank gave its $5,000 donation to the local office of the American Cancer Society and to the Natick-based Ovations for a Cure, to benefit ovarian cancer research and that organization¹s community-based awareness events and programs.