First National Bank of Kentucky expands its footprint in NKY to a new location on Florence US-42

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First Nationwide Financial institution of Kentucky, underneath the management of President Lytle Thomas, will open its third new workplace within the final 18 months at a primary location on US-42 in Florence.

That is the financial institution’s sixth retail department and second Northern Kentucky banking heart. It can serve a rising buyer base in Boone County and broaden the financial institution’s mission, Thomas says, of “native folks serving native clients.”

First Nationwide Financial institution of Kentucky opened a full-service banking heart in Ft. Wright in July 2021, the historic Carrollton-based financial institution’s first foray into the NKY market, and well-known banker Thomas returned to group banking as FNB’s president.

“This can be a financial institution that has 140 years of historical past serving Kentucky banking wants and is now proper right here to ship nice service via know-how and private service,” stated Thomas. “I’m very excited that our latest workplace will serve our clients within the Florence and Union markets. As we broaden our footprint and supply workplaces handy to our loyal buyer base, we’re delighted to be in Boone County and the Florence/Union markets with a bodily location staffed with native bankers.”

First Nationwide Financial institution of Kentucky opened its first location in 1881 in Carrollton and at the moment operates 5 branches all through the area, together with Carrollton, Warsaw, Crestwood, Florence, and Ft. Wright. Former State Senator Joseph A. Donaldson served because the financial institution’s first president. He and his 5 successors have seen the financial institution function via two world wars, the Nice Despair, the Nice Recession, and most not too long ago a world pandemic.

“We wish to proceed to serve our clients by offering the know-how and private service they need from their financial institution,” stated Thomas. “There’s a demand for group banking and we’re always on the lookout for new alternatives to develop. Not for progress’s sake — however to serve the group.”

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The Florence location at 8545 U.S. 42 is anticipated to open in November. The constructing was orginally dwelling to Key Financial institution, then Citizen’s Financial institution of Vanceburg, and most not too long ago, Individuals’s Financial institution. It’s on the nook throughout from McDonald’s, and the Blind Squirrel and a day care are within the procuring space behind it.

The 3200-square-foot constructing is at the moment present process a renovation and rework by native contractors and trades.

Thomas says it’s going to create no less than seven new jobs.

The brand new workplace will likely be staffed by Market Supervisor Corey Sidebottom and Enterprise Improvement Officer Steve Ellis. Each have deep roots in Northern Kentucky and mixed, carry over 40 years of banking expertise to the brand new location.

“Our financial institution was constructed on serving folks and companies for over 140 years,” stated CEO Greg Goff. “Our preliminary transfer into Northern Kentucky with our Ft. Wright banking heart has been very properly obtained by the realm. We look ahead to attending to know our new neighbors in Florence and providing them the identical stage of non-public service that their communities have realized to anticipate from our financial institution.”

As FNBKY expands into the Northern Kentucky and Better Cincinnati market, it’s going to proceed to make the most of revolutionary know-how and environment friendly merchandise to fulfill the person wants of its clients in an unbiased, small-bank atmosphere.

The brand new Florence banking heart hours will likely be Monday via Friday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m.-noon. The brand new banking heart will supply a 24-hour ATM, two drive-thru lanes, and an evening depository field.

Go to www.fnbkentucky.com for extra data.

A grand opening celebration for the US-42 location is deliberate for later this 12 months and particulars will likely be forthcoming.

First Nationwide Financial institution of Kentucky opened its first location in 1881 in Carrollton and at the moment operates six branches all through the area, together with two in Carrollton, Crestwood, Warsaw, Ft. Wright, and now Florence.

See The NKyTribune’s story about Lytle Thomas’ return to banking right here.