ASHEVILLE, NC, Nov. 13 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: HTBI) (“Company”), the holding company of HomeTrust Bank (“Bank”, “HomeTrust” or “HTB”), today announced that the Bank is 156 in the Top 200 of Newsweek Magazine‘s America’s Most Loved Workplaces® list, developed by Most Loved Workplace®, a division of Best Practice Institute (BPI). In addition, HTB has also been recognized by American banker as a 2024 Best bank to work for.
Within the Most Loved Workplace Awards, HomeTrust also took top spot with Most Loved Workplace in six categories: Most Loved Workplace for Wellbeing, Most Loved Workplace for Veterans, Most Loved Workplace for Parents & Caregivers, Most Loved CEO at Most Loved Workplaces , Most Loved Workplaces for Volunteering, and Most Loved Workplaces for Women.
Each of these awards are national rankings that recognize HomeTrust as a great place to work in the communities we serve. In addition to these recent recognitions, HomeTrust was named in 2024 Bank Director 2024 list of best US banks, the S&P Global Market Intelligence Annual ranking as a Top 50 Community Bank, and the Top 100 in Forbes 15st Annual list of best banks.
“We are proud to be included in each of these prestigious rankings,” said C. Hunter Westbrook, President and Chief Executive Officer. “HomeTrust has set a goal to be a consistently high-performing regional community bank, and the strategy to achieve that goal has been through creating and fostering a workplace and culture where our team members are engaged and belong. Each of these national recognitions is a testament to the efforts of our team as well as our strong culture that is the foundation for how we run the bank and work with our customers, partners and each other.”
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HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc. is the holding company for HomeTrust Bank. As of September 30, 2024, the company had assets of $4.6 billion. Founded in 1926, The Bank is a North Carolina chartered, community-oriented financial institution committed to providing value-added banking services with more than 30 locations as well as online/mobile channels. Locations include: North Carolina (the Asheville metropolitan area, the “Piedmont” region, Charlotte and Raleigh/Cary), South Carolina (Greenville and Charleston), East Tennessee (Kingsport/Johnson City, Knoxville and Morristown) , Southwest Virginia (Roanoke Valley) and Georgia (Greater Atlanta).
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