Florida Banking August 2022

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Capital City Bank Introduces Zelle in its CCBMobile App and Online Banking Service

C apital City Bank announced Zelle is live in its CCBMobile App and Capital City Bank Online Banking service. Zelle is available in the digital banking experience to enable convenient digital payments for more than 106,000 consumer clients at Capital City Bank. Zelle replaces SEND Person-to-Person Payments, a digital payments solution Capital City Bank had offered since mid-2019. Capital City clients quickly adopted SEND and sent nearly 37,000 payments totaling $9.5 million in the past three years. Zelle enrollment and usage is expected to grow quickly given current clients’ reliance on SEND and because Zelle consistently ranks in the top 10 search terms on www.ccbg.com, ranking eighth overall for 2021 total search activity. “Zelle is the latest in an ever-expanding line of innovative digital banking and real-time fraud detection tools designed to allow our clients to move money easily and securely via their online or mobile banking M arine Bank has opened a full-service banking center in the Seaway Plaza at 604 N. US Highway 1, Suite 604, in Fort Pierce. Known as the former home of the Padrick Chevrolet dealership in the 1950s, the new banking center is on the southeast corner of US Highway 1 and Seaway Drive. The revitalization of the plaza coincides with many new projects that are planned or already underway in Downtown Fort Pierce. The banking center will be managed by Vice President and Banking Center Manager Melissa Montanez. With more than 20 years of banking experience including 15 years in branch management, Montanez is tasked with introducing Marine Bank’s signature service to an even greater number of businesses and residents of St. Lucie county. Marine Bank has been operating a residential and commercial lending office at 240 NW Peacock Boulevard, Unit 302 in St. Lucie West since July 2021. “We’re excited to fill a void for community banking in the Fort Pierce area,” said Bill Penney,

services,” said Bethany H. Corum, chief operating officer for Capital City Bank. “With Zelle and other recent enhancements, our clients will experience even greater flexibility and safety when managing their money digitally at Capital City Bank.” The Zelle Network includes financial institutions of all sizes. For more than 150 million consumers, Zelle is already available from the convenience of their mobile banking app, making digital payments a fast, safe and easy alternative to cash and checks. Money sent with Zelle goes directly from one bank account in the United States to another, using only a recipient’s email address or U.S. mobile number. Zelle is available to clients with a Capital City Bank personal checking account, who are enrolled in online and mobile banking and who enroll in Zelle. Capital City clients may send, request or receive money with Zelle with no service fees.

Marine Bank Opens Full-Service Banking Center in Fort Pierce

president and CEO of Marine Bank. “We offer banking like you remember. You don’t need an appointment to stop by a banking center to open an a c coun t o r apply for a loan, and our friendly, k n ow l e d g e a b l e t e a m r e t u r n s emails and phone cal l s . We of fer

Melissa Montanez

high-tech conveniences such as mobile banking with mobile check deposit, a mobile mortgage app, and user-friendly online banking. Marine Bank provides the best of both worlds.”

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