TUPELO, Miss., April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BancorpSouth,
Inc. (NYSE: BXS), a $13.2-billion
asset financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi, has been recognized by
financial services consulting firm Greenwich Associates with two
regional awards for overall satisfaction from bank customers.
The first regional Greenwich Excellence Award was based on
results in 2009 from 13,000 interviews with national businesses
having sales of $10 to $500 million
annually. The second Greenwich Excellence Award was for small
business banking where over 17,000 interviews with businesses with
sales of $1 to $10 million across the
country were conducted.
"It is gratifying for BancorpSouth to be among only six Southern
banks recognized by national businesses for our outstanding service
and only 15 Southern banks recognized for our small business
banking. We believe this recognition to be testimony to
BancorpSouth's longstanding commitment to customer service and to
'being right where you are' for our customers. These awards
are possible due to the outstanding banking professionals on our
BancorpSouth team," Michael Lindsey,
BancorpSouth Senior Vice President of Retail Banking, said.
Lindsey further commented that BancorpSouth has previously been
recognized by Greenwich Associates with a Greenwich Excellence
Award in 2007.
Greenwich Associates is the leading international research-based
consulting firm in financial services. Greenwich Associates'
studies provide benefits to the buyers and sellers of financial
services in the form of benchmark information on best practices and
market intelligence on overall trends. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices
in London, Toronto, Tokyo, and Singapore, the firm offers over 100
research-based consulting programs to more than 250 global
financial-services companies.
BancorpSouth operates 314 banking and mortgage locations in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. In addition to providing traditional
banking services, credit cards, mortgages, trust and fiduciary
services, the company provides investment services through its
subsidiary BancorpSouth Investment Services, Inc. and insurance
services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Insurance Services,
Inc. BancorpSouth's common stock is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol BXS.
SOURCE BancorpSouth, Inc.