Financial Services

Eight commercial banks and one credit union serve Alexander County, with four branch banks in the Hiddenite and Bethlehem communities. Financial facilities serving Alexander County are: BB&T, Carolina Farm Credit, First Citizens, First Community, Northwestern, Peoples, Taylorsville Savings, and Wachovia banks and The State Employees Credit Union. Some of the services offered by these financial institutions are: loans for land, homes, recreational properties, vehicles, and equipment.

Premier Home Mortgage and United Carolina Group also offer loan and mortgage planning for prospective homeowners. The Carolina Farm Credit, as a cooperative, shares with their member-borrowers in the profits in the form of a Patronage Refund. Over the last 18 years, the association has returned over $200 million to customers across our half of North Carolina.