As someone who can barely count and never balances my check book, I can tell you that having a good relationship with my bank is a very important piece in my life :-)
I've been with First Citizens since 2006 and I've never had a better banking relationship than I found with First Citizens. The tellers and personal bankers are always so kind, so respectful and so helpful. One of my favorite aspects of First Citizens is that they don't spend their money on technology inside their banks. You won't find any big screen tv's streaming their own commercials in foreign languages, you won't find any atm machines inside their lobbies making loud irritating beeping noises as you try to handle your banking and they don't have long lines because they staff their branches with enough humans to actually get your banking needs met in a timely manner.
First Citizens also still offers multiple drive through lanes instead of drive up atm machines. I don't always feel well; sometimes I really don't want to get out of the car and walk inside, so having multiple drive through lanes open really makes a huge difference for me. I also never hear terrible things about First Citizens in the news or in my local newspaper. First Citizens doesn't try to sponsor everything under the sun either (like the big banks do), they choose to focus solely on banking which is exactly what I want from my bank. Thanks First Citizens!! :-) read more