First Bancorp (North Carolina) is a bank holding company for First Bank, a community bank operating in North and South Carolina. Serving retail and commercial clients throughout the Carolinas, the bank is headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, and has been in operation since 1935.
First Bank provides a wide range of banking products and services, including checking, savings and money market accounts, as well as certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts. The bank also offers loans for both consumer and commercial purposes, residential mortgages and small business loans, as well as credit cards, debit cards, internet banking, mobile banking, safety deposit box rentals, wire transfers and telephone banking.
In October 2021, First Bancorp announced the completion of its acquisition of Select Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Select Bank & Trust Company. Plans were announced to rebrand Select Bank locations in March 2022. As of March 2022, the bank operates 122 branches in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. First Bancorp stock trades on the NASDAQ GS under the ticker FBNC. The company has been listed on the exchange since May 1987.
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