Notable New Orleanians: A Tricentennial Tribute

Parkway in Metairie and South Tyler Street in
Covington. The Clearview location was the
first branch opened in Jefferson Parish in thirty
years and the first Metairie Bank on the
lakeside of Veterans Boulevard. The South
Tyler branch added a second location to
Metairie Bank’s presence in West St. Tammany
Parish. It joined their Mandeville Branch,
which was opened in 2007 in response to a
large relocation of their customer base after
Hurricane Katrina.
Again, responding to the growing financial
needs of its customers and enlarging its arsenal
of services, Metairie Bank established MB
Insurance Agency, LLC, in 2006, and MB
Investment Services in 2015.
Throughout all these years of growth and
change, one thing has remained constant–
Metairie Bank’s commitment to the local community.
In a variety of ways, Metairie Bank
employees are invested in the Metairie area.
From presenting financial seminars and
forums, to working in local schools to educate
about the importance of financial literacy;
from sponsoring and donating to local charities;
and from volunteering in a myriad of
local events, sporting events and other activities,
Metairie Bank and its people live in and
help to sustain their communities. Enriching
its communities is more than a slogan for
Metairie Bank.
“The Bank of Personal Service” has always
been a theme that defines Metairie Bank. And
more recently, in today’s era of high speed
technology and communications, “We
Connect with You” has become its mantra.
Starting with the launch of metairiebank.com
in 2000, the first website of any local bank in
the area, it has worked to keep its customers
in the forefront of the most cutting-edge
banking conveniences. From the advent of
online banking in 2001, up through the
advances of mobile banking in 2017 (such as
mobile deposit, Bill Pay and People Pay) and
into recent mobile payment apps like Apple
Pay—with many more to come—Metairie
Bank continues to fulfill its commitment to
top-notch service and convenience.
While focusing on the future, Metairie
Bank retains its ties to its traditional roots, by
offering the full range of financial services,
including the best in business banking; consumer
and business lending; money management;
insurance; retirement and financial
planning; and more. Though providing their
expertise to very large and substantial firms of
many kinds, Metairie Bank has always recognized
that small businesses constitute the
backbone of the local economy. In the words
of CEO and President Ron Samford, Jr., working
with entrepreneurs and small businesses
is “right in our wheelhouse.”
After such a colorful history stretching
over seventy years, being sustained by the
people it has served, living through major
economic and natural upheavals and emerging
even more solid than before, it is reassuring
to finally note that Metairie Bank on
Metairie Road in Metairie, Louisiana, is still
standing strong. As Samford notes, “That’s
pretty cool.”
Above: Metairie Bank employees
participating in a local fundraising walk for
the American Diabetes Association in 2015.
Below: Ribbon cutting for South Tyler
location opened in 2016 in Covington,
Louisiana.
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