ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 13, 2021) – St. Petersburg-based community bank BayFirst is proud to announce the opening of its seventh banking center in the Tampa Bay area located 401 N. Indian Rocks Road in Belleair Bluffs.
The office represents BayFirst’s fifth full-service banking center in Pinellas County, offering commercial, residential and consumer lending, as well as investment services and personal banking options. In addition, the office features an electric car charging station free to the public.
“The opening of the Belleair Bluffs banking center is an important aspect of our key strategic initiative to expand our footprint and core banking franchise in the Tampa Bay region,” said BayFirst CEO Anthony N. Leo. “While other financial institutions are closing offices, we continue to open new banking centers to offer area residents and business owners the personal service and current technology our customers expect.”
News of the Belleair Bluffs banking center opening is just the latest in a series of expansion announcements from BayFirst. Earlier this month, it broke ground on what will be its eighth banking center, located in Sarasota and slated to open in late 2022 or early 2023. It also recently announced it will open a loan production office (LPO) and Financial Resource Center in North Sarasota, which will provide personal and commercial loans as well as financial education, programs and additional resources to community members and business owners.