Chickasaw Nation-owned Bank2 Celebrates 10th Year Anniversary

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Native Brief: OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA - Bank2, headquartered in Oklahoma City, celebrated its 10th Anniversary in January. The community bank, which opened in 2002, is a subsidiary of the Chickasaw Banc Holding Company. The Holding Company and Bank2 are 100 percent owned by the Chickasaw Nation.

During its 10 years of operation, Bank2 has found a unique niche in the banking and lending market. Bank2 is the number one source of Native American home loans in the state of Oklahoma and one of the top lenders nationally. The bank has grown from $7.5 million in assets in January 2002 to more than $100 million today.

Bank2 was the 2011 recipient of the United States Department of Commerce Access to Capital Award for its lending activities to Native American Business and the 2010 recipient of the Bank Enterprise Award from the Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CFI Fund).

Bank2 has also been named one of the Top 100 Native American Owned Businesses in the US each year from 2005-2011 by Diversity.com.

Bank2 is a full service bank offering checking accounts, operation accounts, savings and money market accounts. The bank also offers a full line of consumer, commercial, and real estate loans.

As part of its core values, the Bank2 seeks to "empower Chickasaw people and other Native Americans."

posted February 13, 2012 6:00 am est