Recently, our Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Rick Saunders, shared his insights with The Post and Courier about First Reliance Bank's inspiring journey as we celebrate 25 years of making a meaningful impact in our communities and fostering a better banking experience.
Click this link to read The Post and Courier article >> that begins, "As First Reliance Bank celebrates its 25th anniversary, Chief Executive Officer and Founder Rick Saunders reflects on how far the bank has come, from its early days in a double-wide in Florence to being ranked in the top 25 banks by asset size in South Carolina.
"I never had any ambition to start a bank," Saunders admits when asked how he first started the company. During a time when many banks were going through mergers and acquisitions, Saunders, his brother Paul and their colleague Dale Porter began noticing trends that were creating not ...