Truist Bank names new Memphis president
Truist said Jean Morton, its new Memphis market president, will harness her more than 30 years of experience to help grow the bank’s local presence.
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Truist said Jean Morton, its new Memphis market president, will harness her more than 30 years of experience to help grow the bank’s local presence.
Orion Federal Credit Union said in 2021 it would acquire a Memphis-based community bank, but Financial Federal CEO Kent Wunderlich said the acquisition was “mutually terminated.”
Chartered in 1961, Shelby County Federal Credit Union serves 10,000 local members in two counties.
Ashley McDurmon might have become the CEO and president of Orion Federal Credit Union in January, but her understanding of its culture dates back more than a decade.
FHN President and CEO Bryan Jordan said the fourth quarter and full-year 2024 results reflect a “focused execution” of the bank’s strategic priorities.
ServisFirst Bank’s full-service branch in East Memphis will open this month with a team of 12, including several veteran Memphis bankers. The bank entered the local market earlier this year by establishing a loan-production office.
“Our results reflect the strength of our diversified business model and our continued focus on growing and deepening client relationships,” FHN President Bryan Jordan said.
The $13.4 billion merger between TD Bank Group and First Horizon National Corp. was scrapped last year following months of delays as the financial institutions tried to overcome regulatory oversight of their deal.
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., a global brokerage and investment bank, first moved into Tennessee in 2022, when it opened a Nashville office.
Bryan Jordan, who has led the Memphis-based bank since 2007, said the company continues to make “significant progress” on its strategic investments while identifying operational efficiencies.
For the past five years, she has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Orion, the Mid-South’s largest credit union with 70,000 members and more than $1.2 billion in assets.
Headquartered in Downtown Memphis, First Horizon employs 7,378 people in 12 states across the Southern U.S. and has $81.8 billion in assets.
First Horizon National Corp. President and CEO Bryan Jordan said in a statement that the bank’s adjusted net income had increased 10% from the previous quarter.
The new Memphis location is the second Tennessee branch for the Alabama-based commercial bank, which has assets exceeding $16 billion.
Renasant bankers brainstormed with LRK Architects to envision the kind of building that millennial employees and customers would want 20 years from now.
Independent Bank will match cash prize winners with an equal gift to the charity of their choice.
Greg Smithers joined FirstBank as Memphis market president July 7 after leaving Iberiabank, where he had been regional president for Tennessee and Arkansas.
SunTrust Bank and BB&T Corp. would become Truist Bank and Truist Financial Corp. if the new name and their planned consolidation are approved by shareholders.
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