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<\/a><\/a>\nThe Raymond James Community Bankers Cup honors the top 10 percent of community banks across the country with assets between $500 million and $10 billion based on various profitability, operational efficiency, and balance sheet metrics.<\/p>
\n\u201cThis award reflects the consistency and discipline that have guided our organization for more than 40 years,\u201d said Republic Bancorp Executive Chair Steve Trager. \u201cOur focus has always been on operating responsibly, performing consistently, and maintaining the confidence our clients place in us.\u201d<\/p>
\nThis recognition follows a record-setting year for Republic in 2025, highlighted by strong performance and continued strategic execution. Republic Bancorp, Inc. reported record net income for the year, exceeding 2024 results by $30 million, with year-over-year net income growth across all five SEC reporting segments. Republic also surpassed $1 billion in Total Stockholders\u2019 Equity, a milestone that reflects disciplined growth strategy, strong financial performance, and unwavering commitment to maintaining industry-strong capital ratios.<\/p>
\n\u201cBack-to-back recognition of this caliber doesn\u2019t happen by accident. It\u2019s the result of a team that\u2019s focused, disciplined, and always looking ahead,\u201d said Republic President and CEO Logan Pichel. \u201cSince the beginning, our goal has been to deliver national-level services while maintaining the community-first, relationship-driven approach. Accolades like this, combined with a record year, reinforces that our approach is working and that we\u2019re continuing to deliver for our clients.\u201d<\/p>
\nRepublic is proud to be recognized by numerous local and national organizations for its impact as a leading financial institution, committed community partner, and preferred employer. Recent noteworthy financial and banking accolades include S&P Global Market Intelligence Top 50 Community Bank (2026, 2025, 2024), Newsweek Best Regional Bank (2026, 2025, 2024), Forbes\u2019 World\u2019s Best Bank (2026), and more.<\/p>
\nAbout Republic Bank<\/b><\/p>
\nRepublic Bancorp, Inc. (the \u201cCompany\u201d) is the parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company (the \u201cBank\u201d). The Bank currently has 47 banking centers in communities within five metropolitan statistical areas (\u201cMSAs\u201d) across five states: 22 banking centers located within the Louisville MSA in Louisville, Prospect, Shelbyville, and Shepherdsville in Kentucky, and Floyds Knobs, Jeffersonville, and New Albany in Indiana; six banking centers within the Lexington MSA in Georgetown and Lexington in Kentucky; eight banking centers within the Cincinnati MSA in Cincinnati and West Chester in Ohio, and Bellevue, Covington, Crestview Hills, and Florence in Kentucky; seven banking centers within the Tampa MSA in Largo, New Port Richey, St. Petersburg, Seminole, and Tampa in Florida; and four banking centers within the Nashville MSA in Franklin, Murfreesboro, Nashville and Spring Hill, Tennessee. The Bank offers online banking at www.republicbank.com<\/a>. The Company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and as of March 31, 2026, had approximately $7.25 billion in total assets. The Company\u2019s Class A Common Stock is listed under the symbol \u201cRBCAA\u201d on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.<\/p> \nMEDIA CONTACT:<\/b> Recognition follows a record-setting 2025 marked by strong performance, disciplined growth and continued strategic executionLOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Republic Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of Republic Bank & Trust Company (\u201cRepublic\u201d o…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14902,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14901\/revisions\/14902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}