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Company type | Subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc., a bank holding company OTC Pink Current: FINN |
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Industry | Finance and Insurance |
Founded | Omaha, Nebraska December 10, 1857 (as Kountze Brothers Bank); July 1, 1865 (First National Bank Omaha) |
Headquarters | First National Bank Tower Omaha, Nebraska, United States |
Key people | Clark Lauritzen, President |
Products | Financial services |
Total assets | $30.78 billion (2024) [1] |
Parent | First National of Nebraska |
Website | www |
First National Bank Omaha d/b/a FNBO is a bank headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska. It is a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc., a bank holding company primarily owned by the Lauritzen family. It is on the list of largest banks in the United States and is the oldest national bank headquartered west of the Missouri River.
The bank provides corporate banking, investment banking, retail banking, wealth management and consumer lending services and operates 120 branches in 8 states in the Midwestern United States. It also operates FNBO Direct, a direct bank. The bank is one of the largest issuers of credit cards, issuing cards under affinity programs with Amtrak, Major League Lacrosse, World of Warcraft, and Scheels All Sports.
Two immigrant brothers from Ohio, Herman Kountze and Augustus Kountze, founded the bank as Kountze Brothers Bank in 1857. It traded primarily in gold dust and bison hides. The bank received national charter #209 [2] in 1863 and began doing business as First National Bank of Omaha. It brought in additional investors, including Edward Creighton, who served as president.
In 1953, under the leadership of John Lauritzen, First National Bank became the first bank in the region and the fifth in the nation to issue credit cards. [3]
In the 1960s, due to an investment in real estate not permitted under a straight banking charter, the bank reorganized as a subsidiary of the bank holding company, First National of Nebraska, Inc.
In 1971, employees started moving into the 22-story First National Center. Attached to a 420-room hotel and a 550-stall parking garage, it became one of the most modern buildings in the region, providing economic development in downtown Omaha. [4]
In 2000, First National Bank designated two parcels of green space for the city of Omaha. They are the current sites of two sculpture parks called "Spirit of Nebraska's Wilderness" and "Pioneer Courage". Working in tandem, the two sculptures join to make one of the largest bronze sculptures in the world. [5]
In 2002, First National Bank completed construction on the First National Bank Tower, the tallest building between Chicago and Denver.
On September 30, 2010, First National of Nebraska consolidated its bank charters of First National Bank of Colorado, in Fort Collins, Colorado; First National Bank of Kansas, in Overland Park, Kansas; and Castle Bank, in DeKalb, Illinois, with its First National Bank of Omaha charter. [6]
In 2010, the bank sold a 51% interest in its merchant acquiring business to TSYS for $150.5 million. [7] TSYS acquired the remaining 49% of the business the following year. [8]
On February 22, 2018 the bank announced it would not renew its contract with the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) as a result of customer feedback after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida. The bank had offered special branded Visa cards to NRA members to support the group. [9]
In 2020, the bank changed its branding to FNBO from First National Bank of Omaha. [10]
# | Year | Company | Ref(s). |
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1 | 1984 | David City Bank | [11] |
2 | 1988 | First Security Bank & Trust Co. | [11] |
3 | 1989 | First of Omaha Savings Co. | [11] |
4 | 2000 | First State Bank | [11] |
5 | 2008 | Mills County Bank | [11] [12] |
6 | 2010 | Infibank | [11] |
7 | 2022 | Western State Bank | [11] [13] [14] |
8 | 2022 | SAF Holdings, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary AmeriFirst Home Improvement Finance, LLC | [11] [15] |
Presidents | |
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Years | President |
1863–1874 | Edward Creighton |
1875–1906 | Herman Kountze |
1906–1907 | John A. Creighton |
1907–1914 | Charles T. Kountze |
1914–1934 | Frederick H. Davis |
1935–1948 | Thomas L. Davis |
1948–1953 | Fred W. Thomas |
1953–1966 | John F. Davis |
1966–1970 | John R. Lauritzen |
1971–1986 | F. Phillips Giltner |
1987–? | Bruce R. Lauritzen |
2006–2009 | Rajive Johri |
2009–2017 | Dan O'Neill |
2017–present | Clark Lauritzen |
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With the completion of the First National Technology Center, FNBO became the first business in the country to utilize hydrogen fuel cells. In 2008, ComputerWorld named First National of Nebraska as the third best in a top 12 list of "Green-IT Companies" [17]
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Marquette began to lobby for the passage of a state law designed to put a 12% ceiling on all bank credit cards. In May 1976, about one month after that measure was signed into law, Marquette filed a suit to make its Omaha rival conform to the 12% limit. The decision maintained that the 115-year-old National Bank Act takes precedence over usury statues in individual states. Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote that the 1863 law permitted a national bank to charge interest at the rate allowed by the regulations of the state in which the lending institution is located. On July 25, 1979, the Iowa Supreme Court overturned their decision that was made on August 30, 1978.
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