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About Us

Liberty Bank has been serving its communities for over 50 years with a commitment to exceptional customer service, personalized solutions, and community involvement.

There's real freedom here.

We are passionate about helping more people achieve more freedom. There's real freedom here. The freedom you have as an individual to attain your goals, as a business to achieve your idea of success or even as a community that is gathering strength to reach its full potential.

Liberty Bank & Trust

By investing in the development of personal goals, business objectives and communities, we're making a difference by using our resources to get things done in the communities we serve, and beyond.

We work hard. Play hard. Invest where our heart lives. And pursue freedom for all.

through the years.

Chartered in New Orleans, Louisiana

In 1972, Liberty Bank and Trust Company was chartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a focus on service, integrity and a sincere interest in community and business development. Over five decades later, Liberty Bank and Trust has over $1 billion in assets and branches in 11 states making it the largest black or African American owned financial institution in the United States.

Liberty Bank's growth has been the result of acquisitions, fruitful partnerships, aggressive marketing, strong management, staff productivity and the trust it enjoys in the community. It all adds up to an efficient, well-capitalized institution that is perfectly positioned to continue fast-paced growths in both profits and assets.

At Liberty Bank, we are passionate about helping more people achieve more economic freedom.

Growing With Our Community

Liberty Bank established its Baton Rouge presence in 1994 and opened a third branch in 2004. Liberty then moved into Mississippi in 2003, acquiring First American Bank in Jackson. This was followed by expansion into the Greater Kansas City market with the acquisition of Douglass bank in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri, in 2008.

Liberty Bank and Trust Company expanded across Greater New Orleans with the 2009 acquisition of United Bank and Trust Company, securing four additional locations to serve that market. That was followed by the acquisition of Home Federal Savings in Detroit, Michigan, which increased the bank's reach to six states. In 2013, Liberty Bank entered the Chicago market with the acquisition of Covenant Bank of Illinois, and in 2015, the bank expanded to Montgomery and Tuskegee, Alabama through the purchase of First Tuskegee Bank. In 2020 Liberty Bank and Trust expanded into Louisville, KY through the acquisition of Metro Bank, and in 2021 entered the Memphis, TN market by acquiring Tri-State Bank of Memphis making Liberty Bank one of the largest black-owned banks in the U.S.