Tupelo, Mississippi-based Renasant Bank (NASDAQ: RNST) officially opened its newest branch in Bartlett on Thursday, Sept. 12, as a strategic entry into one of Memphis’ oldest neighborhood communities.

2. Bank of Bartlett Eyes An Expanded Footprint to Meet Consumer Demand - Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Bank of Bartlett will soon consolidate its two Germantown branches into one enhanced location at Poplar and Kirby, and is eyeing Midtown and Arlington as areas for additional brick-and-mortar branches.

3. Midtown Getting Denser, North Main Getting New Coffee Shop - Monday, June 25, 2018

2542 Broad Ave.
Memphis, TN 38112

PILOT Length: 15 years

Project Cost: $51 million

4. Bank of Bartlett Merging Germantown Branches - Saturday, June 23, 2018

Bank of Bartlett has announced it will consolidate its two neighboring Germantown operations in a singular “enhanced” location at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway.

Effective Oct. 31, the Village Square shopping center branch will merge into the existing Poplar and Kirby branch less than two miles to the west.

5. June 22-28, 2018: This week in Memphis history - Saturday, June 23, 2018

1993: Memphis premiere at the Orpheum of the movie “The Firm” with director Sydney Pollack in attendance. After the premiere, Pollack acknowledges that he feels some pressure for the film, starring Tom Cruise and based on a John Grisham novel, to be a success given the box office failure of his previous film “Havana.” The movie departs from the novel in its ending with a legal resolution that keeps Cruise’s character on the right side of the law. The movie’s ending is crafted with the help of Memphis attorney, former Tennessee Attorney General and U.S. Attorney Mike Cody.

6. Bank of Bartlett Consolidating Germantown Branches - Monday, June 18, 2018

Bank of Bartlett has announced it will consolidate its two neighboring Germantown operations in a singular “enhanced” location at the corner of Poplar Avenue and Kirby Parkway.

Effective Oct. 31, the Village Square shopping center branch will merge into the existing Poplar and Kirby branch less than two miles to the west.

7. Trustmark Bank Scores No. 1 Ranking In Customer Satisfaction Survey - Saturday, June 2, 2018

With intense competition in the Memphis banking market to win over new customers and keep their existing ones, customer satisfaction is key. In the most recent J.D. Power U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, Trustmark National Bank scored the highest marks for the South Central region, which includes Memphis.

8. Pinnacle Bank Maps More Growth, Additional Hires in Memphis Market - Saturday, June 2, 2018

With new bank branches and loan production offices planned locally, new hires and increased production numbers, Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners is making an impact on the Memphis banking market following its acquisition of Magna Bank in 2015.

9. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Grows Jackson, Tenn., Office - Saturday, May 5, 2018

Crystal Barcello has joined the Jackson, Tennessee, office of Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., as an associate vice president/investments.

10. Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Grows Jackson, Tenn., Office - Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Crystal Barcello has joined the Jackson, Tennessee, office of Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., as an associate vice president/investments.

11. Designing the Future - Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Legacy banking institutions like Regions Bank increasingly want their brick-and-mortar locations to look like something other than, well, a bank.

12. Regions Bank Opens New Lakeland Branch - Saturday, April 14, 2018

Regions Bank has opened a new branch in Lakeland that it calls one of the bank’s most modern locations in the Memphis area.

13. Regions Bank Opens New Lakeland Branch - Friday, April 13, 2018

Regions Bank has opened a new branch in Lakeland that it calls one of the bank’s most modern locations in the Memphis area.

14. Pinnacle Continues to Ramp up Memphis Presence - Monday, March 26, 2018

Pinnacle Bank is continuing to accelerate its growth in the Memphis banking market, with the opening in recent days of two new loan production offices, a new mortgage office, plus another mortgage office on the way soon in Southaven.

15. Trey Carter Honored Among Top 35 Millennial Influencers - Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Patrick “Trey” Carter III has been named one of the Top 35 Millennial Influencers in the Country by the Next Big Thing Movement, a global network of more than 20,000 young professionals and creatives. Carter, president of Olympic Career Training Institute and an active community volunteer, is the only Tennessean to be included on the list. He will be honored Saturday, March 10, at NBTM’s Forward Conference in New York City alongside other influencers, including “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth and YouTube vlogger Tyler Oakley.

16. First Tennessee Bank Wins 23 Greenwich Awards - Saturday, February 10, 2018

First Tennessee Bank has won 23 awards for outstanding service for business banking from Greenwich Associates as part of the group’s 2017 Greenwich Excellence Awards.

17. First Tennessee Bank Wins 23 Greenwich Awards - Thursday, February 8, 2018

First Tennessee Bank has won 23 awards for outstanding service for business banking from Greenwich Associates as part of the group’s 2017 Greenwich Excellence Awards.

18. Digest - Monday, January 29, 2018

Memphis Toys R Us

To Remain Open

A representative with Toys R Us has confirmed to The Daily News that the retailer’s Memphis location, at 7676 Polo Ground Blvd., won’t close after all.

19. Dunavant Awards Will Feature Hardy As Keynote - Friday, January 26, 2018

As a lifelong Memphian and successful entrepreneur, Carolyn Hardy is all about finding new ways to grow the city.

20. JPMorgan Raising Wages, Hiring, Opening More Branches - Wednesday, January 24, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) – JPMorgan announced Tuesday that it will boost wages, open new branches and hire thousands of new workers, citing improved economic performance and sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code.

21. Humane Society Names Davis 2018 Board President - Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Ted Davis has been named 2018 president of the board of directors for the Humane Society of Memphis and Shelby County. Davis, who is a wealth adviser for Regions Bank, joined the humane society board in December 2015. His first priority was a campaign inspiring adopters to become donors, which led him to being the Paw Prints Gala committee chair in 2017.

22. Exit Strategy - Friday, January 12, 2018

When Kroger’s Delta Division announced last week it would shutter its stores at 1977 S. Third St. in the Southgate shopping center and 2267 Lamar Ave. near Airways Boulevard, there was already a considerable history of what might follow the Feb. 2 closing.

23. Memphis Experts See Economic Growth Building Off 2017 Into 2018 - Saturday, January 6, 2018

With resolutions made and the new year now, another annual exercise rises to the forefront – predictions on what Memphis and its economy can expect in 2018.

If 2017 taught us anything, it’s that there’s so much we won’t be able to even remotely see coming, from Memphis bidding to become the potential home for Amazon’s second headquarters to action finally being taken on the Confederate monuments in city parks and so much more.

24. Attorney Wooten Joins Evans Petree as Shareholder - Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Attorney William Allen Wooten has joined Evans Petree PC as a shareholder, working in the firm’s Memphis office as well as its new location at the current Wooten Law Firm in Covington, Tennessee.

25. 2017 a Year of Expansion for Memphis Banks - Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The biggest banks in Memphis made aggressive pushes this year to raise their profiles and expand footprints, as competition in the sector heats up and the industry continues winning back the strength it enjoyed before the bust of 2008.

26. Growth Spurt - Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Executives with Pinnacle Financial Partners in Memphis are “so granular” in maintaining a pipeline of candidates they’d like to recruit to work at the bank that they meet every week to discuss the pool of potential hires.

27. First Horizon-Capital Bank Merger Now Complete - Monday, December 4, 2017

The parent company of First Tennessee Bank will end 2017 as a significantly larger institution, with billions more in assets, deposits and loans, thanks to the completion Nov. 30 of its merger with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Capital Bank Financial Corp.

28. Non-Bank Lenders See Business Rise Among Shelby County Homebuyers - Saturday, November 11, 2017

One byproduct of the steady upward climb in volume generated by Shelby County’s mortgage market over the past year or two is that banks – traditional brick-and-mortar institutions, that is – haven’t been the only beneficiary of the consumer demand behind that trend.

29. Pinnacle Adds Senior VPs in Memphis - Monday, September 18, 2017

Christina Arnold and Amanda Rasmussen have joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as senior vice presidents based at Pinnacle’s Memphis main office on Quail Hollow Road.

30. Financial Services Firm Inks Deal At Clark Tower - Wednesday, August 30, 2017

According to multiple sources close to the deal, the Memphis arm of MassMutual will merge with a Nashville-based financial group and move its combined operations into the 23rd floor of the Clark Tower.

31. New Tenant to Take 23rd Floor of Clark Tower - Tuesday, August 29, 2017

According to multiple sources close to the deal, the Memphis arm of MassMutual will merge with a Nashville-based financial group and move its combined operations into the 23rd floor of the Clark Tower.

32. First Alliance Bank Inks 10-Year Lease to Move to Clark Tower - Thursday, August 3, 2017

Memphis-based First Alliance Bank has signed a 10-year lease to relocate its Poplar Avenue branch into the recently remodeled Clark Tower office building.

5100 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38137

33. First Alliance Bank Moving to Clark Tower - Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Memphis-based First Alliance Bank has signed a 10-year lease to relocate its Poplar Avenue branch into a new facility inside the recently remodeled Clark Tower office building.

The new 3,920 office will be located adjacent to Clark Tower’s lobby, and will offer full banking services and a drive-through facility.

34. June 23-29, 2017: This week in Memphis history - Saturday, June 24, 2017

2014: Formal opening of the $301 million expansion of the Frayser Nike plant. As he tours the plant expansion, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam learns the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of same-sex marriage in an appeal of Tennessee’s constitutional amendment that specifically banned gay marriages.

35. Renasant Bank to Build Midtown Branch - Saturday, June 17, 2017

The parent companies of Renasant Bank and Metropolitan Bank, which are in the process of merging, have announced plans to build a new Midtown Memphis bank branch at 2046 Union Ave.

36. Renasant Bank to Build Midtown Branch - Thursday, June 15, 2017

The parent companies of Renasant Bank and Metropolitan Bank, which are in the process of merging, have announced plans to build a new Midtown Memphis bank branch at 2046 Union Ave.

37. Last Word: The Jazz Cornerstone, Council Day and 100 Items at Brooks - Tuesday, June 6, 2017

In Elmwood Cemetery Tuesday morning, a wreath laying ceremony at the grave of Jimmie Lunceford, the Memphis jazz giant who formed and taught the Manassas High School band known as the Chickasaw Syncopators who went professional in the jazz age of the 1920s and played The Cotton Club during the Harlem renaissance. Lunceford was the cornerstone of Memphis jazz and Manassas was its bedrock. And the story of his high school students going professional is but an early chapter in a much longer narrative of gifted musicians and artists at times literally walking out of a graduation ceremony and onto a tour bus.

38. First Tennessee Explores What’s Next As Customers, Technology Converge - Saturday, June 3, 2017

As executive vice president of consumer banking for First Tennessee Bank, Tammy LoCascio’s job means that she spends part of every day thinking about the future.

39. Financial Federal Hits $500M in Assets - Thursday, June 1, 2017

Financial Federal has hit a milestone in recent weeks – reaching $500 million in assets – that bank president William Tayloe said confirms the plan the bank is following to achieve organic growth is working.

40. First Tennessee Gets High Marks in Customer Satisfaction Survey - Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Employees of First Tennessee Bank’s parent company got a company-wide email Thursday, May 4, that began: “This morning we are announcing the largest merger in our history.”

41. Commercial Bank & Trust Taps Community President - Saturday, April 29, 2017

Commercial Bank & Trust Co. has tapped Andrea Gladney as its new community president for the Memphis market.

42. Q&A: Triumph Bank CEO Recaps 2016 - Monday, May 1, 2017

At Triumph Bank’s annual meeting of shareholders in recent days, bank executives offered a recap of what turned out to be another strong year.
Loans were up 4.5 percent. The bank’s mortgage division saw a nearly 28 percent increase in income. Triumph also opened a new lending center in East Memphis, consolidating staff and finding new efficiencies and a faster way to do business.
Triumph Bank CEO Will Chase sat down with The Daily News to talk about what’s behind the bank’s recent results and its plans for the future.

43. Commercial Bank and Trust Names Community President - Friday, April 28, 2017

Commercial Bank and Trust Co. has tapped Andrea Gladney as its new community president for the Memphis market.

44. Wells Fargo Claws Back $75M From Top Execs in Sales Scandal - Tuesday, April 11, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – The problems at Wells Fargo and its overly aggressive sales culture date back at least 15 years, and management had little interest in dealing with the issue until it spiraled out of control resulting in millions of accounts being opened fraudulently, according to an investigation by the company's board of directors.

45. Regions Bank Redesigns East Memphis Branch - Saturday, April 8, 2017

Regions Bank has unveiled the company’s reimagined bank branch at 6200 Poplar Ave. at the company’s West Tennessee headquarters.

46. Regions Bank Unveils New Branch Design at West Tennessee Headquarters - Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Physical bank branches these days are as much about technology and digital innovation as they are the garden-variety services that have always been a centerpiece of customer service, such as taking deposits and making loans.

47. Regions Bank Redesigns East Memphis Branch - Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Regions Bank has unveiled the company’s reimagined bank branch at 6200 Poplar Ave. at the company’s West Tennessee headquarters.

48. Pinnacle Ramps Up Investment in Memphis - Monday, April 3, 2017

Since its entry into Memphis, Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners has been slowly ramping up and investing in its presence here, a trend that has continued unabated in recent weeks.

The bank, among other things, struck a deal to bring a Starbucks store inside its Wolf River office at 1264 S. Germantown Road. It’s also gone on a hiring binge in recent weeks, and it’s filed a $2.3 million building permit for interior tenant work for its Memphis headquarters at 949 S. Shady Grove Road.

49. Last Word: Tri-State Inks Move to Midtown, Main and Gayoso and 'Wise Trek' - Tuesday, March 28, 2017

The open land across Union Avenue from AutoZone Park remains just that as some of it has changed hands again. Vision Hospitality buying the land that had been the location of the Greyhound bus station at Union and Hernando. Vision Memphis LLC sold to Vision Hospitality of Knoxville for $4 million, according to a warrant deed we reviewed Monday.

50. Wells Fargo CEO: Fixing Fake Accounts Will Take More Time - Monday, March 20, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan said the company could need several more months to resolve customer damage tied to its massive sales practices scandal, such as figuring out if people had trouble getting approved for other loans because of the fake accounts bank employees opened.

51. Iberiabank Celebrates Milestone Year With Random Acts of Kindness - Wednesday, March 8, 2017

From one quarter to the next, Iberiabank is typically right at the top of the list of the highest-volume mortgage producers in Shelby County. The Louisiana-based bank has eight branches in the area and has cemented its ties to the city recently with an expansion into Binghampton and the Memphis Medical Center.

52. Customers Avoid New Wells Fargo Accounts After Sales Scandal - Monday, February 20, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) – Customers are still turning their backs on Wells Fargo after a scandal over sales practices, with the bank saying Friday the number of new checking accounts people opened was down 31 percent in January from a year earlier.

53. Metropolitan CEO Explains Renasant Merger - Friday, January 20, 2017

Not many people were racing to start up banks in 2008, with the underpinnings of the financial system teetering. One of the few who did was Curt Gabardi, a former Regions Bank executive who envisioned a bank that would focus primarily on commercial and private banking clients.

54. Robinson Takes on Dual Roles At Campbell Clinic - Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Dr. James Robinson recently joined Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics in two roles: as the lead physician for the clinic’s new daytime walk-in program and as a sports medicine family practice doctor treating sports injuries for young athletes and weekend warriors.
The walk-in clinics are offered at all five Campbell Clinic locations, and Robinson staffs the program in the Germantown office. 

55. 2016: Not Too Many Banking Industry Surprises - Monday, December 26, 2016

When shareholders of First Tennessee Bank’s Memphis-based parent company convened in April at the bank’s Downtown Memphis headquarters for their annual meeting, the whole thing wrapped up in about 10 minutes.

56. Crittenden County Deposit Leader Fidelity National Bank Turns 50 - Saturday, December 10, 2016

Fidelity National Bank in West Memphis is enjoying its 50th year in business, and through the decades the bank has become a fixture of the local community.

57. Kirk-Ivy Named 2016 Mississippi Commercial Realtor - Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Bambi K. Kirk-Ivy, a commercial Realtor and marketing director at Olive Branch-based Utley Properties, recently was recognized as the 2016 Mississippi Commercial Realtor of the Year at the annual Mississippi Realtors Convention and Expo.
As a landlord representative for all of Utley’s properties, most of Kirk-Ivy’s work has been in retail; however, she says the company is now focusing on light industrial-type flex spaces consisting of office, showroom and warehouse uses.
In 2017, she also will serve as the northern district director on the Mississippi Commercial Association of Realtors board of directors. 

58. County Law Library Director Johnson Celebrates 50 Years as Librarian - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Gary Johnson, director of the Shelby County Governmental Law Library, is celebrating his 50th year as a librarian. In his current role, he directs the county law library’s operations, including budgeting, staffing and library services, and reports to a 10-member board that include nine attorneys and one judge. 
When asked about his longevity in the field, Johnson says the libraries where he’s worked – which include public, school and law libraries – have been different enough to keep him challenged and interested. 

59. First South Financial Credit Union Expands Its Reach Into Collierville - Saturday, November 12, 2016

First South Financial Credit Union, a Mid-South full-service financial provider, has expanded into Collierville with the opening of its 16th branch location. Thanks to its continued growth, the credit union is now the largest in West Tennessee based on capital.

60. Specialized Lending Teams Helping Banks Build Business Relationships - Saturday, November 12, 2016

Standing apart from the competition in banking is not necessarily the simplest thing to do, given that key aspects of the industry – making loans, taking deposits and the like – look so similar from one institution to the next.

61. Wells Fargo Discloses SEC Investigation for Sales Practices - Friday, November 4, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) – Wells Fargo has confirmed that the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating its sales practices, and revealed that it has almost doubled to $1.7 billion the amount set aside to deal with its legal problems.

62. Last Word: Beale Street Blues, Feds Review MPD and Midtown Kroger - Wednesday, October 26, 2016

It’s the Grizz season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves at FedExForum Wednesday. But there was plenty of drama in the Grizzlies office Tuesday afternoon of the non-Grizz variety but nevertheless a shade of Beale Street blue.

63. Trustmark Centre Building Sells for $14.5 Million - Saturday, October 22, 2016

An office building at 5350 Poplar Ave. in the prime East Memphis office submarket has been sold.

The Trustmark Centre building, located between Valleybrook and West Suggs Drive, was purchased by Tennessee and New York investment companies doing business as 5350 Poplar Office Center LLC for $14.47 million.

64. Trustmark Centre Building Sells for $14.5 Million - Friday, October 21, 2016

An office building at 5350 Poplar Ave. in the prime East Memphis office submarket has been sold.

The Trustmark Centre building, located between Valleybrook and West Suggs Drive, was purchased by Tennessee and New York investment companies doing business as 5350 Poplar Office Center LLC for $14.47 million.

65. Bank of America's Profits Rise 6 Percent, Beats Estimates - Tuesday, October 18, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America's third-quarter profits rose nearly 6 percent from a year earlier, helped by strong results in investment banking and trading as well as lower expenses. The profit growth came from all four of the bank's businesses and despite continuing low interest rates.

66. FDIC Report Presents Latest Local Deposit Snapshot - Monday, October 10, 2016

For Metropolitan Bank Memphis market CEO Philip May, it’s not a difficult question to answer.

His bank has moved up one place in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s just-released annual report that ranks every bank in the market by their share of customer deposits.

67. Analysts See M&A in First Horizon Future - Monday, September 26, 2016

After Bryan Jordan, the top executive at First Tennessee Bank’s parent company, had talked for about 30 minutes earlier this month at the 2016 Barclays Global Financial Services Conference, audience members were polled.

68. OB-GYN Shweta Patel Joins Adams Patterson Gynecology - Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Dr. Shweta Patel has joined Adams Patterson Gynecology & Obstetrics as a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. Patel, who’s a lieutenant commander of the Medical Corps of the United States Navy, comes to Adams Patterson after serving as a naval medical officer and sexual assault response liaison at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

69. Last Word: Pot's Second, Marina Cove to Eden Square and Deadspin on the NCRM - Tuesday, September 20, 2016

With the work week underway, the gas price spike is official and regional.

70. Bank of America Memphis Exec: ‘Everything Has Changed’ - Saturday, September 17, 2016

Mike Frick has hit the decade mark this year in his role as Memphis market president for Bank of America.

71. First Tennessee Bank Opens First Local Branch in a Decade in Arlington - Saturday, September 17, 2016

After a decade of acquisitions and renovations of existing branches, Memphis-based First Tennessee Bank has opened its first new West Tennessee branch in Arlington.

72. Westminster Names Sparks Head of Upper School - Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Amanda Sparks has joined Westminster Academy as the head of upper school for the 2016-17 school year. Sparks, who previously was principal of Haw River Christian Academy in Pittsboro, N.C., will lead the upper school faculty and staff in providing classical academics and a Christian culture for grades 7-12.

73. Jordan Takes Leading Role At Child Advocacy Center - Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Mark Jordan has joined the Memphis Child Advocacy Center as development director, responsible for connecting people in a meaningful way to the critical services MCAC provides to vulnerable children. In his new role, Jordan will create and administer a comprehensive development plan to both enhance connections and build new relationships with volunteers and the philanthropic community to grow fundraising, donor relations and public engagement. 

74. First Horizon CFO Touts Growth Opportunities, Conservative Approach - Wednesday, June 29, 2016

The chief financial officer of First Tennessee Bank’s parent company took a message of expansion, of stronger loan portfolios and being smarter than the competition about which deals to pursue in a meeting with analysts in New York City earlier this month.

75. Banc3 Touts Niche, Inks Its First Acquisition - Thursday, June 16, 2016

The way longtime Memphis banking executive Frank Cianciola thinks a community bank ought to organize itself and how it should be run in today’s bank climate is right there in his new company’s name.

76. Fast Money: Banks Making It Easier to Split the Tab - Tuesday, May 31, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) – Splitting the bill for those pizzas you shared with your buddies or that utility bill that is suddenly due is going to get easier and faster even if you don't all use the same bank.

77. Tennessee Leads the Nation in Bankruptcies - Saturday, May 7, 2016

Tennessee has a model program for financial literacy in its public schools. All high school students must pass a personal finance course to graduate, and even kindergartners are learning about money under a new initiative to extend the curriculum to primary school.

78. BancorpSouth Adds Universal Banker Model at New Memphis Branch - Wednesday, April 27, 2016

When new bank branches are built and opened in Memphis, they increasingly resemble not the traditional branches of yesterday, but something new.

Case in point is BancorpSouth’s new branch at 40 N. Pauline, serving Downtown and Midtown, which opened a few weeks ago. The model it’s built around is the buzzy “universal banker” trend that’s now popular around the city and beyond.

79. Shipmon Joins Lending Team at Paragon - Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Thomas “Tee” Shipmon has joined Paragon Bank as senior vice president, specialty lending. In this role, Shipmon is responsible for developing products for Paragon that solve customers’ challenges and that are profitable to the bank. Currently, specialty lending is providing short-term commercial construction loans to companies, often franchisees, that are expanding operations.

80. First Tennessee Earns 16 Business-Banking Awards - Saturday, March 19, 2016

First Tennessee Bank has received multiple awards for outstanding service for business customers from Greenwich Associates as part of the group’s 2015 Greenwich Excellence Awards.

81. Tri-State Bank Prepares For Big Year - Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The way longtime Memphis banking executive Christine Munson sees it, a small community bank has to carve out a clearly defined identity for itself - something that sets it apart from the myriad competitors of similar size, with comparable products and rates - if it wants to be successful.

82. First Tennessee Scoops Up 16 Business-Banking Awards - Monday, March 14, 2016

First Tennessee Bank has received multiple awards for outstanding service for business customers from Greenwich Associates as part of the group’s 2015 Greenwich Excellence Awards.

83. City Has Offer On Adams Police Station - Monday, March 14, 2016

The realty group that proposed a short-lived Hotel Overton for Overton Square in 2015 has offered the city of Memphis $1.1 million for the old Central Police Station building at 128 Adams Ave.

84. City Has Offer On Adams Police Headquarters - Friday, March 11, 2016

The realty group that proposed a short-lived Hotel Overton for Overton Square in 2015 has offered the city of Memphis $1.1 million for the old Central Police Station building at 128 Adams Avenue.

85. Regions Brings New Format, Technology to New Branches - Monday, March 7, 2016

When Regions Bank holds the grand opening for its new Downtown branch at 88 Union Ave. on March 17, one of the things on display will be a vision of what Regions sees as the future of banking.

86. Tri-State Bank Gets Former First Tennessee Exec as CEO - Saturday, March 5, 2016

On the heels of the capital investment it recently secured from First Tennessee Bank, Tri-State Bank of Memphis now has a former First Tennessee executive as its new CEO.

87. Tri-State Bank Gets Former First Tennessee Exec as CEO - Friday, March 4, 2016

On the heels of the capital investment it recently secured from First Tennessee Bank, Tri-State Bank of Memphis now has a former First Tennessee executive as its new CEO.

88. First Tennessee Invests in Tri-State Bank - Monday, January 18, 2016

As of Dec. 31, Tri-State Bank of Memphis has secured almost $5 million in new capital, an investment fueled in part by an “unprecedented transaction” between it and First Tennessee Bank.

89. Mall of Memphis Property Bought by Trucking Company - Tuesday, January 5, 2016

113-Acre Former
Mall of Memphis Site
Sale Amount: $3.9 million

Sale Date: Dec. 29, 2015
Buyer: TAG Real Estate Holdings LLC
Seller: Memphis Industrial Properties LLC (Johnson Development Associates Inc.)
Loan Amount: $23 million
Loan Date: Dec. 29, 2015
Lender: Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC
Details: The 113-acre former Mall of Memphis property has a new owner. TAG Real Estate Holdings, an affiliate of Memphis-based TAG Truck Enterprises LLC, paid $3.9 million, or $34,513 an acre, to buy the property from Johnson Development Associates Inc., acting as Memphis Industrial Properties LLC.

90. iBank Tower Sells for $19.2 Million - Thursday, December 31, 2015

The iBank Tower, located at 5050 Poplar Ave., has sold for $19.2 million, and for the first time, the same owner controls both the iBank Tower and the nearby Clark Tower at 5100 Poplar Ave.

91. Memphis Banking Officials Brace for Changes In New Year - Tuesday, December 29, 2015

As he chatted about the Memphis banking market with a few guests in a conference room at his bank’s headquarters on Quail Hollow Road back in 2010, Magna Bank chairman, president and CEO Kirk Bailey looked into the future and imagined how local mergers must surely be on the way.

92. Turbett Joins First Horizon as CRA Officer - Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Keith D. Turbett has joined First Horizon National Corp., parent company of First Tennessee Bank, as corporate Community Reinvestment Act officer and community development manager. In that role, Turbett ensures First Tennessee is making credit and financial products available in all parts of the community, consistent with safe and sound banking practices.

93. Branching Out - Saturday, November 14, 2015

The building going up at 2504 Poplar Ave., where a construction crew has been making steady progress since Iberiabank filed a $750,000 building permit for it back in April, represents something a bit unusual.

94. Boyle Buys Vining Sparks HQ For $16.3M - Tuesday, October 20, 2015

776 Ridge Lake Boulevard
Memphis, TN 38120

Sale Amount: $16.3 million

Sale Date: Oct. 15

95. Pinnacle Financial Partners’ Memphis Team Grows to 13 - Saturday, September 12, 2015

The Pinnacle Financial Partners team in Memphis – being assembled as a result of the Nashville-based company’s acquisition of Memphis-based Magna Bank – has grown to 13.

96. Pinnacle Financial Partners’ Memphis Team Grows to 13 - Friday, September 11, 2015

The Pinnacle Financial Partners team in Memphis – being assembled as a result of the Nashville-based company’s acquisition of Memphis-based Magna Bank – has grown to 13.

97. First Tennessee Reopens Orange Mound Branch - Saturday, August 22, 2015

At the end of this week, First Tennessee Bank is hosting a grand reopening of its updated Orange Mound branch, at 2284 Lamar Ave.

98. Lucas Named CIO at Regional One - Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Jackie Lucas has joined Regional One Health as senior vice president and chief information officer. In her new role, Lucas is responsible for information technology and telecommunications for the organization.

99. First Tennessee Reopens Orange Mound Branch - Tuesday, August 18, 2015

At the end of this week, First Tennessee Bank is hosting a grand reopening of its updated Orange Mound branch, at 2284 Lamar Ave.

100. Iberiabank Building New Memphis Branch - Monday, August 10, 2015

Iberiabank is expanding its Memphis footprint with another full-service branch in the works along Poplar Avenue east of Overton Park.

The Louisiana-based bank filed a $750,000 building permit in April for 2504 Poplar Ave., where Iberiabank Tennessee market president Greg Smithers said a standalone branch is planned. Set to open in the fourth quarter, it will mark the bank’s eighth branch in the Memphis area, not counting 10 other offsite ATMs included in the bank’s Memphis footprint.