| 1977 |
- The Beginning: acquisition of an 80+ year old Shelby County, Kentucky bank, renamed Republic Bank of Shelby County - Shelbyville
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| 1982 |
- Republic Bank & Trust Company founded
- (Bardstown Road - Louisville)
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| 1983 |
- Acquisition of Republic Savings Bank - Benton
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| 1984 |
- New banking center established in Frankfort (100 Highway 676)
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| 1985 |
- Acquisition of another bank with branches in Paducah and Murray
- Acquisition of another bank's branch in Elizabethtown
- New banking center established in Lexington (651 Perimeter Drive)
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| 1987 |
- Construction of Republic Corporate Center, including a banking center, completed in downtown Louisville
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| 1988 |
- Acquisition of another bank in Mayfield
- Third Louisville banking center opens (Hurstbourne Parkway)
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| 1990 |
- New banking centers established in Bowling Green and Owensboro
- Fourth Louisville banking center opens (Brownsboro Road)
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| 1992 |
- Completion of new expanded Owensboro banking center
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| 1993 |
- Loan office opens in downtown Lexington
- Construction of Republic Bank Place, including a banking center, completed on Louisville's Hurstbourne Parkway
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| 1994 |
- Second full service Lexington banking center opens (Harrodsburg Road)
- All Republic banks combined November 4, 1994 as Republic Bank & Trust Company
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| 1995 |
- Downtown Lexington office converted to full service banking center
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| 1996 |
- Five new banking centers open (Louisville - Outer Loop, Baptist East, Dixie Highway, Paducah - Lone Oak, Frankfort - Versailles Road)
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| 1997 |
- Moved downtown Lexington banking center to Chevy Chase neighborhood.
- Sale of Murray, Paducah, Lone Oak & Benton banking centers and credit card portfolio.
- Opening of a temporary banking center at Hwy. 22 and Gene Snyder Fwy. (Louisville)
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| 1998 |
- Sale of Mayfield banking center
- Republic Bancorp, Inc., holding company, completes IPO of 2.14 million shares of Class A common stock.
- Opened 4th banking center in Lexington - Andover
- Moved Elizabethtown banking center to Ring Road
- Opened 9th banking center in Louisville - Lexington Road (St. Matthews)
- Acquired Refunds Now, a tax refund loan and check provider. Name later changed to Tax Refund Solutions
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| 1999 |
- Opened 10th banking center in Louisville - Bardstown Road (Fern Creek)
- Construction of Republic Bank Building in Springhurst completed (Hwy. 22 and Gene Snyder)
- Launched Internet Banking at www.republicbank.com
- Opened Loan Production Office (LPO) in southern Indiana (Clarksville)
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| 2000 |
- Opened 11th banking center in Louisville area - US Hwy 42 (Prospect)
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| 2001 |
- Started new bank Republic Bank & Trust Company of Indiana at Clarksville LPO
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| 2002 |
- Opened Republic Bank & Trust Company of Indiana's second banking center in New Albany, IN (3001-5 Charlestown Crossing Way off of Charlestown Rd.)
- Opened 12th banking center in Louisville - Blankenbaker (corner of Blankenbaker Pkwy and Shelbyville Rd, Douglas Hills)
- Opened 13th banking center in Louisville - West Broadway (corner of 21st and West Broadway)
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| 2003 |
- Opened 14th banking center in Louisville - Hikes Point (corner of Taylorsville Road and Breckenridge Lane)
- Opened 15th banking center in Louisville - Jewish Hospital (224 East Muhammad Ali Blvd.)
- Opened 16th banking center in Louisville - Jeffersontown (3811 Ruckriegel Parkway)
- Opened 17th banking center in Louisville - New Cut (5125 New Cut Road)
- Opened 18th banking center in Louisville - Poplar Level (1420 Poplar Level Road)
- Opened 5th banking center in Lexington - Tates Creek (3608 Walden Drive)
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| 2004 |
- Opened 19th banking center in Louisville - Fern Valley (3605 Fern Valley Road)
- Opened 1st banking center in Georgetown (430 Connector Road, off of Cherry Blossom Way)
- Opened banking center in Jeffersonville, Indiana (3141 Highway 62) and consolidated Clarksville banking center to this location.
- Opened the first Republic Finance Office in Louisville - Fern Creek (Cedar Springs - 6844 Bardstown Rd.)
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| 2005 |
- Opened the second Republic Finance Office in Louisville - Jeffersontown (Stony Brook - 9128 Taylorsville Rd.)
- Opened 2nd banking center in Owensboro - Owensboro 54 (3332 Villa Point Drive in Woodlands Plaza off of Hwy 54 and Fairview Drive)
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| 2006 |
- Opened Republic Bank LPO Ft. Wright, Kentucky
- Moved Louisville - Outer Loop to new location at 4808 Outer Loop
- Converted Republic Bank LPO in Ft. Wright into a full service banking center
- Acquired GulfStream Community Bank of Florida, with banking centers in Port Richey and New Port Richey, bringing Republic's total number of banking centers to 37.
- Opened Republic Bank & Trust Company LPO in Wesley Chapel, Florida
- Republic Bank & Trust Company and Republic Bank & Trust Company of Indiana merged into Republic Bank & Trust Company, a Kentucky chartered bank.
- Changed the name of GulfStream Community Bank to Republic Bank, a federal savings bank
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| 2007 |
- Opened 1st banking center in Covington, Kentucky (535 Madison Avenue)
- Opened 3rd banking center in Indiana - Floyds Knobs (4571 Duffy Road)
- Opened 1st banking center in Shepherdsville, Kentucky (438 Highway 44 East)
- Opened 3rd banking center in Florida - Palm Harbor (34650 U.S. Highway 19)
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| 2008 |
- Opened 1st banking center in Crestwood, Kentucky (6401 Claymont Crossing)
- Opened 4th banking center in Florida - Temple Terrace (11502 North 56th St.)
- Opened 1st banking center in Florence, Kentucky (8513 US Highway 42)
- Opened 1st banking center in Independence, Kentucky (2051 Centennial Boulevard)
- Opened 1st banking center in Ohio - Blue Ash (9683 Kenwood Road)
- Opened 5th banking center in Florida - Hudson (9100 Hudson Avenue)
- Renovation of Republic Plaza completed in downtown Louisville
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| 2012 |
- Acquired Tennessee Commerce Bank of Franklin, Tennessee.
- Changed the name of Tennessee Commerce Bank to Republic Bank.
- Acquired First Commercial Bank of Bloomington, Minnesota.
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| 2013 |
- Changed the name of First Commercial Bank to Republic Bank & Trust Company.
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