Record #:

30483

Author(s):

Bingham, Warren L.

Abstract:

Morris Plan Banks played a significant role in North Carolina’s banking industry, as well as the United States economy throughout much of the twentieth-century. Although Morris Plan Bank disappeared via a merger in 2002, the bank’s founder, Arthur Morris, left a legacy in banking and consumer credit. This article profiles Morris and how he invested money to develop commercial banks and credit life insurance plans.

Source:

Carolina Banker (HG 2153 N8 C66), Vol. 93 Issue 4, Winter 2014, p20-22, por

Subject(s):

Bankers; Banks and banking

Record #:

43196

Author(s):

Barnhill, Caroline

Abstract:

"From a small farm in the Carolina countryside to president/CEO of Taylorsville Savings Bank, Carrie Lackey has packed a lot into her life. She started her career in Taylorsville Savings Bank as a part-time bank teller -- and never left -- working her way up by simply being open to every opportunity that presented itself." a devote parent, an athlete, mathematical and a people person, Lackey shares her background and interests with interviewer, Carolina Barnhill.

Source:

Carolina Banker (HG 2153 N8 C66), Vol. Issue , Winter 2021, p12-15

Subject(s):

Bankers; Taylorsville; Bankers--Taylorsville

Record #:

43499

Author(s):

Williams, T. Craig

Abstract:

The Bank of Commerce opened in New Bern in 1859. Alonzo Thomas Jenkins was appointed its first president. John Amos Guion, cashier worked to keep the bank open during the Civil War, but it eventually succumbed in 1867. Guion continued afterwards in his same role for the National Bank of New Bern until 1886.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 28 Issue 1, 2021, p13-22, il, por, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Banking history--New Bern; Bankers; Bank notes--signatures; New Bern--banking history