Bank / Credit Union

Cornhusker Bank plans to close 2 Lincoln branches

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March 5, 2021

Cornhusker Bank has announced plans to close two of its seven Lincoln, Nebraska branch locations on June 11.
Barry Lockard, the bank's president and CEO, said the branch closures are in response to customer banking habits changing.

Although Lockard noted the coronavirus pandemic did not cause the branch closures, it accelerated customers' shift toward digital banking services, according to a report in the Lincoln Journal Star.

All employees from the two branches are being retained, and will be assigned to other branches.

Cornhusker Bank is the just the latest bank to consolidate locations in Lincoln. First National Bank of Omaha last month announced it would close its two existing downtown branches when it opens its new west Haymarket branch in May.

U.S. Bank closed three Lincoln branches in November and another one in January. CIT Group, which bought Mutual of Omaha Bank in 2019, closed its only Lincoln branch last year.