Home base: With focus on local lending, community bank raises its profile

With consolidation continuing to roil Florida’s banking sector, First Home Bank stays true to its core values — while making aggressive moves to grow and expand.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 12:00 p.m. December 16, 2021
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Mark Wemple. Valerie Fulbright, First Home Bank's vice president and community engagement officer, and CEO Tony Leo.
Mark Wemple. Valerie Fulbright, First Home Bank's vice president and community engagement officer, and CEO Tony Leo.
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The effects of banking industry consolidation have been keenly felt in communities around Florida, probably none more so than Pinellas County, where, in the past few years, C1 Bank, USAmeriBank and Freedom Bank have been absorbed by larger institutions.

 

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