First Century Bank

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Notice of Modified Branch Services

Out of an abundance of caution, and for the safety and well-being of our customers and employees, all First Century Bank Offices are offering Drive-Thru and Appointment Only services. Our staff is ready to assist with your banking needs and our branches are fully operational.
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First Century Bank has been proudly serving the communities of East Tennessee for over a Century!

“We are a Tennessee
tradition since 1894.”
Rob Barger, President & CEO

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First Century Bank is a family-owned, community bank that holds a 5-Star Rating by BauerFinancial, Inc., ranked #1 Bank Overall in Tennessee by Banks Street Partners, and has also been voted Peoples Choice Best of the Best in Claiborne County for the past 3 years. Our goal…“Customer First”. And as our customer, you are our First Priority! You are not just a number or grade on a complicated scale. You are a customer with a family, a community, and financial needs. We understand all three are key to excellent customer service.

The People are really nice and helpful

Best bank and Employees!

AMY is so helpful! When I had some odd things I needed done to my bank accounts Amy was there to help me out with a positive can do attitude!!

My husband and I have done business with this bank for at least 40 years. The employees are always very helpful. It's a great bank!

An awesome bank, the staff is great to work with, and after shopping around they had the best options for business accounts.

I love coming to this bank!! Every other bank I’ve gone to is just kind of eh with their customer service but the people here are just incredible. Always so friendly, welcoming, and beyond helpful. They are always happy to answer any of my questions and I just feel so well taken care of here. So glad I switched. Thank you First Century!!

[We] are very pleased with the bank's service. Worked with Austin for a loan to purchase property. We live in PA and he handled everything from helping us with a surveyor to settlement. Never had to leave PA to do it. Great service and look forward to working with your bank in the future. Thank you for everything.

The ONLY place to do banking!!!

Great staff and great services offered! Jessie has all the answers for my questions in a snap, I highly recommend!

The best bank in Claiborne County. Its the only one I use.

The staff are so nice and very helpful. I set up a checking account and they explained the different accounts as well as helping me get all the paperwork filled out. I also inquired as to an auto loan and the loan officer was very honest and fair and informed me that the current auto loan I had with another bank was better than she would be able to offer me and advised me to keep my vehicle financed with my other bank. I highly recommend you take a look at First Century for your banking needs.

Very helpful and courteous!

Jessie, Hunter and Jeremy are great people who clearly care a lot about their customers. Always going the extra mile to be polite, considerate and helpful. Highly recommended!!

We have used First Century now for 2 home loans! Denise has been a dream to work with and helped us so much along away! She has been extremely patient and answered all my crazy questions!! We could not have had a better experience with Denise and First Century!! I highly recommend them!

Best place to bank. I've been a customer for years.

Great bank! Friendly and helpful staff. Jessie, Hunter and Jeremy go above and beyond great service in your banking needs.

Some of the nicest people you will ever meet! Stacy went above and beyond her duty to help me out! More companies need more people like her working for them!!

We have been married 24 yrs and we have always used First Century Bank. The employees are very kind and knowledgable! They are always willing to help us in anyway they can with our banking needs. And they are locally owned.