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HomeTrust Bancshares in Asheville, N.C., has hired a team of commercial lenders to open its first office in Raleigh, N.C.
The $2.2 billion-asset company said in a press release Tuesday that the four lenders John Sprink 2nd, Darrin Williams, Justin Dunn and Tom Quinn have signed on for the office.
"We're pleased to welcome an experienced, Raleigh-based commercial banking team to HomeTrust," Dana Stonestreet, HomeTrust's chairman, president and chief executive, said in the release. Raleigh "is a vibrant, metropolitan market that complements our recent expansion across" central North Carolina.
The lenders previously worked at the $453 million-asset TrustAtlantic Financial in Raleigh, which
HomeTrust, which converted to a stock-owned company in 2012, has been an aggressive acquirer in recent years, buying BankGreenville, Jefferson Bancshares and Bank of Commerce. The company also has an