Republic Bancorp is 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, CRE and multi-family, construction and land development, consumer, and aircraft loans.
Its portfolio also includes service charges on consumer and commercial deposit accounts, mortgage banking income, debit and credit card interchange fee income, title insurance commissions, and swap fee incomes, private banking, lockbox processing, remote deposit capture, business online banking, account reconciliation, and automated clearing house processing services, internet banking services and products through its website, mobile banking, and banking services, as well as short-term, revolving credit facilities to mortgage bankers across the United States through mortgage warehouse lines of credit.
Its portfolio also includes 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, consumer credit products, and consumer credit products.
The company offers its services through full-services banking centers in Kentucky, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee. Incorporated in 1974, Republic Bancorp is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.