First Tennessee Bank Expands Operation HOPE Free Financial Empowerment Counseling to Nashville
December 09 2015 - 8:01AM
Tennessee's largest home-state bank has partnered with the global
financial dignity nonprofit Operation HOPE to offer free financial
literacy workshops and one-on-one financial counseling at HOPE
Inside offices, which are now open at two First Tennessee Bank
branches in Nashville. First Tennessee also operates two HOPE
Inside locations in Memphis.
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The first Nashville locations to offer the innovative program
are First Tennessee's Inglewood and East Nashville branches,
located at 3518 Gallatin Pike and 965 Woodland Street. First
Tennessee's HOPE Inside locations in Memphis are at the Crosstown
branch at 1338 Union Ave. and the Orange Mound branch at 2284 Lamar
Ave.
"First Tennessee has been around for close to 152 years, and
we're very focused on being a supportive part of the communities we
have the opportunity to live in, work in and serve," said Bryan
Jordan, chairman and CEO of First Tennessee's parent company, First
Horizon National Corp. (NYSE:FHN), at the HOPE Inside opening at
the East Nashville branch. "With our longstanding focus on
financial literacy, this partnership with Operation HOPE is a
perfect fit for us. We've helped hundreds of people with our HOPE
Inside efforts so far, and we're committed to building this effort
across Tennessee."
The HOPE Inside workshops at First Tennessee offer information
about consumer rights, family budgeting, improving credit scores,
paying off debt and saving money. One-on-one follow-up counseling
sessions are available to workshop attendees. All services are
offered to the public free of charge.
"Operation HOPE believes that so-called poor neighborhoods are
simply emerging markets. We all come from some place and we all
make mistakes, but that doesn't mean we can't be redeemed,"
Operation HOPE founder, Chairman and CEO John Hope Bryant said
during the grand opening activities. "We're going to teach people
how to fish and we're going to deliver 'silver rights' across
racial, rural and urban lines and we're going to do it from a base
of this place called First Tennessee."
For more information on Nashville workshops, contact First
Tennessee's HOPE Inside counselor Kenneth DeJarnette at (615)
258-4775 or kenneth.dejarnette@operationhope.org. For more
information on Memphis workshops, contact First Tennessee's HOPE
Inside counselor Sherita Goodman at (901) 485-0511 or
sherita.goodman@operationhope.org.
In addition to the HOPE Inside programs at First Tennessee, HOPE
financial counselors can also provide workshops through community
groups and employers.
HOPE Inside is part of Operation HOPE's national initiative,
Project 5117, to empower underserved communities. Project 5117 is
supported by a national alliance of partner organizations including
the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Through
P5117, Operation HOPE seeks to make a measurable difference in
youth and adult financial empowerment nationwide.
About First Tennessee
First Tennessee Bank is the largest bank headquartered in
Tennessee, with the number one deposit market share in Chattanooga,
Knoxville, Memphis and the Tri-Cities and a top-five deposit market
share in Nashville. First Tennessee was founded during the Civil
War in 1864 and has the 14th oldest national bank charter in the
country and one of the highest customer retention rates of any bank
in the country. First Tennessee and FTN Financial are part of First
Horizon National Corp. (NYSE:FHN), which has 4,200 employees. First
Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers
by Forbes, Working Mother and American Banker magazines. More
information is available at www.FirstTennessee.com.
About Operation HOPE
Since 1992, Operation HOPE has been moving America from Civil
Rights to Silver Rights by providing financial and economic
empowerment tools and services, earning it the distinction as the
nonprofit private banker for the working poor. Through its core
programs, HOPE has provided financial dignity and economic
empowerment to over 2.6 million individuals worldwide, turning
check cashing customers into banking customers, renters into
homeowners, small business dreamers into small business owners and
minimum wage workers into living wage consumers. To learn more
about Operation HOPE visit www.operationhope.org, follow Twitter:
@operationhope or visit Facebook: Operation HOPE.
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CONTACT: Kim Cherry (901) 523-4380
kccherry@firsttennessee.com
James Dowd (901) 523-4305
jedowd@firsttennessee.com
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