Reading a Southern bank through the documents it files
Charterbend explains what public filings say about the banks of the Southeastern United States. Its principal subject is Renasant Bank and its holding company, Renasant Corporation.
Every claim here comes from a filing, a register or a statute, read at its own address and named beside the sentence it supports. There are no interviews and no unnamed sources.
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How a claim is made here
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The bank is named Renasant Bank, sits in Tupelo, Mississippi, and holds FDIC certificate 12437.
FDIC INSTITUTION REGISTER · CERT 12437 · READ 22 SEP 2026 · api.fdic.gov
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Contents
Twenty-three pages in all. The front sheet and the thank-you page are not listed: one is this page, and the other is reached only after a form is sent.
Latest in the record
02 Mar 2026
Renasant Corporation filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025.
FORM 10-K · 0000715072-26-000017 · sec.gov
31 Jan 2026
Renasant Bank became a member of the Federal Reserve System. The register logs three changes the same day: membership, class and primary regulator.
FDIC STRUCTURE REGISTER · api.fdic.gov
01 Apr 2025
The merger with The First Bancshares, Inc. closed. The register logs one merger participation and 117 branches acquired the same day.
FORM 8-K · sec.gov