Winner: First Tennessee

Managing your finances can be a scary prospect: Planning for retirement or your child’s college education; getting a loan for that first house or car, and annuities, CDs and IRAs may as well be a foreign language. For help, Memphis Most voters turn to First Tennessee Bank .

David Popwell, bank president, attributes the financial institution’s success to one factor; the people who work there. “Unequivocally, the tenure and quality of our employees and their experience in the banking industry (is what makes First Tennessee a success),” says Popwell. “They know their customers, and it all combines to create good will in Memphis.”

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Finalists: Regions; Paragon National Bank