Mission Statement
At Bank of North Carolina, our mission is to provide the best banking experience possible by anticipating your needs, and exceeding your expectations while assisting you in achieving your short-term and long–term financial goals. We are committed to providing a challenging and rewarding work environment for our employees, while maintaining solid financial strength to ensure superior returns for our shareholders.
Values Statement
At Bank of North Carolina:
We are professionals; we are knowledgeable of financial products and services; performance-oriented, deadline-driven, attentive to detail, and focused on doing it right the first time.
We can be trusted; we are ethical, honest, and steadfast to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality relating to our staff and customer relationships with the bank.
We are responsive; we are passionate about meeting our customers’ needs for quality financial products and dedicated to delivering them with the highest standards of customer service.
We are fair; we are dedicated in maintaining non-discriminatory, objective policies and practices relating to our credit and hiring decisions, promotion and compensation practices, human resource policies, and all other aspects of our business.
We are a team; employees enjoy a work environment where teamwork, integrity, responsiveness, and professional development are key components of our success.
We are good corporate citizens; we are committed to the communities we serve and willing to invest our time, talent, and financial resources to make them better places to live.
History
The early 90's were turbulent times for a bank in its infancy. A recession, plus a Savings and Loan crisis, made it quite a challenge to sell the necessary shares and get governmental approval to open the bank.
Five Steering Committee Members (who were later named members of the Board) saved the effort literally by making personal investments that were much larger than they had originally intended. This distinguished group consisted of Groome Fulton, Bob Burleson, Lenny Peters, Lloyd Higgins, and Carl Hoffman.
Mr. Fulton and Dr. Peters continue to serve on our Board; Dr. Higgins, Bob Burleson and Dr. Hoffman have since retired from the Board. To this day, Mr. Fulton, Dr. Peters and Dr. Higgins continue to be the largest shareholders of BNC Bancorp, and for this we are grateful.
Bank of North Carolina greeted its first customers on December 3, 1991. The first wave of hiring added Rick Callicutt, Bonnie Murdock, Dixie McAdams, Janie Kennedy, Renee Murdock, and Ann Walker to the staff. These employees developed a great sense of team spirit as they offered a superb selection of banking services--from a doublewide trailer--while our current main office was under construction.
We moved to our permanent offices in the fall of 1992. Our operations department worked out of leased space up the street near the dry cleaner. Everyone wore several hats in those early days and years and teamwork was essential. So it was then, and so it is today.
We've come a long way since those early days, overcoming obstacles and sharing successes along the way. With 16 branch locations throughout the area, we're well established and highly regarded. Our primary focus has always been on hiring and keeping the best people, and always offering the most up-to-date banking products and services.
We're proud of our past. And we look forward to sharing our dynamic future with you.
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