MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- First Horizon Bank, a full-service financial services company, announced today the opening of a new full-service financial center in Old Town Alexandria, Va. Located at 833 South Washington Street, the Old Town location is part of First Horizon's continuing commitment to provide high-quality financial counsel and convenience to greater Washington-area residents and businesses. The center will be managed by Angela Faison.
"We are thrilled to open our 10th full-service location in the Washington metro area," said Terrie G. Spiro, Mid-Atlantic regional president of First Horizon. "We continue to expand our banking operations in the Mid-Atlantic region to localities in which First Horizon has a strong mortgage presence. The financial center in Alexandria will provide an additional convenient location for us to complement our mortgage partners and provide All Things Financial to our Washington-area customers."
The Old Town financial center manager, Angela Faison, joined First Horizon in October 2005 as the financial services manager at the King Street First Horizon Home Loans office. Faison came to the bank with more than 10 years of experience in customer service and finance. Prior to joining First Horizon, Faison was a banking center manager at Bank of America.
First Horizon opened for business in the Mid-Atlantic region in December 2003 and now has 23 financial centers in the Washington and Baltimore metro areas. First Horizon plans to open an additional financial center in the Baltimore region in Glen Burnie, Md., during the fourth quarter.
First Horizon's full-service financial centers feature extended retail hours, TOTALLY FREE ATM usage including reimbursement of foreign ATM fees, FREE coin counting machines, state-of-the-art self-serve safe deposit boxes, same-day deposit processing until 8:00 p.m. and the leadership and experience of its staff to provide consumers and businesses the best in financial services. First Horizon offers a unique approach to banking by offering All Things Financial to consumers, small businesses and corporate clients including:
-- Retail banking with extended hours of operation: 8 a.m. to
8 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays
-- Deposits accepted and posted in financial centers until 8 p.m.
-- TOTALLY FREE ATM usage, including reimbursement of foreign
ATM fees
-- FREE coin counting machines
-- Commercial lending
-- Treasury management
-- Commercial real estate and home loans
-- Private banking
-- Insurance and investments
-- Financial planning
-- Trust services
-- Merchant card services
-- Check imaging service for businesses
-- Free Online Banking and Bill Pay
-- Customer service in more than 20 languages
About First Horizon
First Horizon Bank is a division of First Tennessee Bank National Assoc. and part of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE:FHN). The 12,000 employees of First Horizon National Corp. provide financial services to individuals and business customers through hundreds of offices located in more than 40 states. The corporation's three major brands-FTN Financial, First Horizon and First Tennessee - provide customers with a broad range of products and services including:
-- Capital markets, one of the nation's top underwriters of
U.S. government agency securities
-- Mortgage banking, one of the nation's top 25 mortgage
originators and top 15 servicers, which earned a top-10
ranking in customer satisfaction from J.D. Power and
Associates
-- Retail/commercial banking, with the largest market share
in Tennessee and one of the highest customer retention
rates of any bank in the country
FHN companies have been recognized as some of the nation's best employers by AARP, Working Mother and Fortune magazines. FHN also was named one of the nation's 100 best corporate citizens by Business Ethics magazine. More information can be found at www.fhnc.com.