First Metro Bank Opens Eleventh Branch

First Metro Bank, along with its Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the opening of its 11th branch. Located off Highway 72 and Lindsay Lane in Athens, this new location provides a modern look and feel in a conveniently situated area.

The Muscle Shoals-based community bank first extended its financial footprint into Limestone County in 2017 with its branch in Downtown Athens. Since then, First Metro Bank has been an active member of the Athens community.

“After seeing the success when we opened our downtown location a few years ago, we quickly realized that we wanted to expand and open a branch in East Athens,” says Joseph Southers, Limestone County President and Senior Vice President at First Metro Bank.

Leading the new branch is Reed Reynolds, an Athens native with nearly ten years of banking experience.

“I’m excited to serve even more of neighbors in our new state-ofthe-art facility,” says Reynolds. “We have a great staff that is eager to assist our customers with all of their financial needs.”

Like all First Metro Bank locations, this branch offers a unique banking experience at its ATM, known as First Metro Live, where customers touch the ATM screen to speak with a First Metro Bank teller. The live tellers are First Metro Bank employees housed in the First Metro

Live Department at the bank’s main office in Muscle Shoals.

With this service, customers can cash checks, make deposits and withdrawals, make loan/credit card payments, or ask questions regarding their accounts. This service is available from 7:30 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday and 7:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays.

The new location, located at 22026 Gateway Drive, not only features a new branch for First Metro Bank but is a shared space with Singing River Dentistry, which is its first dental office in Athens. Both businesses celebrated their Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting on April 5th.

The bank’s team would like to invite the community to visit the new location and unmatched banking experience that First Metro Bank provides. w

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