First Citizens Bank Latimer branch to close

The First Citizens Bank branch in Latimer will soon be closing.

Jeff Gribben, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at First Citizens Bank said the branch will close on Feb. 26, 2021. Gribben said that staffing issues and security coverage led to the decision.

“Our concerns for staffing and customer and employee safety were big reasons for us to make this decision,” he said. “Given some of the unfortunate recent incidents at banks across the country and concerns about that branch in case an incident would happen caused us to make the decisions we did.”