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A community bank with 17 offices across Tennessee has invested $1 million in Citizens Savings Bank & Trust, joining big industry names Wells Fargo, Bank of America and First Horizon in boosting the North Nashville lender.

Word of Apex Bank’s investment in Citizens comes three months after Wells officials and Citizens President and CEO Sergio Ora said they had invested $1.6 million in Citizens, which bills itself as the country’s oldest continuously operating minority-owned bank. BofA and First Horizon also have invested a combined $3.2 million in the bank, which has about $100 million in assets.