First Tennessee

First Tennessee
Subsidiary
Industry Financial Services.
Founded March 25, 1864
Headquarters Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Key people
 Bryan Jordan, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
Kim Cherry, Executive Vice President of Corporate Communications.
John Daniel, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.
Steve Hawkins, Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking.
David Miller, Executive Vice President, Consumer Banking.
David Popwell, President, Chief Operating Officer.
Michael E. Kisber, President, FTN Financial.
Number of employees
 Approximately 4,000
Parent First Horizon National Corporation
Website http://www.firsttennessee.com

First Tennessee, part of the First Horizon National Corporation, is a financial services company based in Memphis, Tennessee. First Tennessee provides financial services through more than 180 locations in and around Tennessee. The company was founded during the Civil War in 1864 and has the 14th oldest national bank charter in the country.

Corporate history

Frank Davis, a businessman from Ohio, came to Memphis to open the first federally chartered bank in Memphis. Though the city was under martial law after being captured by Union forces in the Civil War, First National Bank was officially chartered for business on March 25, 1864.

The bank survived the war, but other disasters followed. When the 1878 yellow fever epidemic swept over Memphis, killing thousands and forcing most of the remaining citizens to flee, First National Bank’s doors remained open to help distribute relief funds.

Despite floods, recessions, the Great Depression, and wars, the bank grew from a modest local bank in the shadows of the Mississippi River to a thriving regional financial service company with locations across the state.

Today, now known as First Tennessee, the bank has begun expanding beyond the state of Tennessee with commercial banking and private client services available in an increasing number of markets in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States.

Consumer and business banking

First Tennessee banking services are available to individual consumers as well as businesses of all sizes. Combined, the bank’s customer base represents the largest deposit share in four of Tennessee’s five major metropolitan areas. With a strong focus on service and satisfaction, First Tennessee enjoys one of the highest customer retention rates of any bank in the country.

Wealth management

First Tennessee offers its customers a wide range of wealth management services through its affiliate, FTB Advisors, Inc. FTB Advisors was launched as the primary name for First Tennessee’s Wealth Management division in 2013, but the company has been supporting the sophisticated financial needs of affluent customers for much of its history. The company’s services include guidance focused on investments, retirement, insurance, trusts, financial planning, and estate planning.

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