From Black Mountain News:
The dozen branch offices of Mountain 1st Bank around Western North Carolina should sport a name early next year after its federal bailout is repaid.
First Citizens Bank & Trust, headquartered in Raleigh and the troubled Mountain 1st chain based in Hendersonville have signed a merger agreement.
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