REPUBLIC BANCORP INC /KY/

Company Profile

Republic Bancorp, Inc. operates as a bank holding company for Republic Bank & Trust Company that provides various banking products and services in the United States. It operates in five segments: Traditional Banking, Warehouse Lending, Tax Refund Solutions, Republic Payment Solutions, and Republic Credit Solutions. The company offers retail mortgage, commercial and industrial loan, construction and land development, secured and unsecured personal loans, and aircraft loans; service charges on deposit accounts, debit and credit card interchange fee income, title insurance commissions; private banking; and lockbox processing, remote deposit capture, business online banking, account reconciliation, automated clearing house processing, and other services. In addition, it offers short-term, revolving credit facilities to mortgage bankers across the United States through mortgage warehouse lines of credit; mortgage banking; tax refund solutions, which facilitate the receipt and payment of federal and state tax refund products through third-party tax preparers and tax-preparation software providers; prepaid and debit solutions, such as issuing of payroll, general purpose reloadable cards, issuing of demand deposit accounts, savings accounts and/or debit cards; and consumer credit products. The company offers its services through full-services banking centers in Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee. Republic Bancorp, Inc. was incorporated in 1974 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.