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The stone building that is now our Eureka branch was built in 1879 to house a saloon and restaurant. It has been in continual use as a bank since the 1930s.
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Nevada State Bank first opened its doors for business on December 9, 1959, earning it the distinction of being the oldest state-chartered community bank in Nevada. The bank was organized by a group of 12 business owners, with Charles Lee Horsey Jr. serving as President. The organizing group sold 24,000 shares of stock to local people at $31.25 per share. This gave them $600,000 to put into capital and $150,000 for surplus and reserves. The bank received its official state charter on January 5, 1960.
The Bank’s first office was located at 4th and Carson streets in downtown Las Vegas. This was the only Nevada State Bank location until 1974.
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The first Nevada State Bank building, at 4th and Carson in downtown Las Vegas.
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In 1962, controlling interest in the Bank was sold to a new group of investors, and Harley E. Harmon was appointed President, a position he held until he retired in 1976.
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Nevada State Bank Presidents:
1959-1962 Charles Lee Horsey Jr.
1962-1976 Harley E. Harmon
1976-1978 Colvin S. Smith
1978-1995 Richard Carlson
1995-2000 George B. Hoffman III
2000-2007 William E. Martin
2007-present Dallas E. Haun
Historical Highlights:
December 9, 1959
Nevada State Bank is founded, with headquarters at 4th and Carson streets in downtown Las Vegas.
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1963 NSB Brochure.
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1968
The Photo Check Guarantee Card makes its debut. Merchants start requesting ID cards for check cashing. |
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1968
Ready Reserve account introduced, giving customers the ability to use reserve funds to cover overdrafts in their checking accounts.
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1974
First branch bank opens at 3345 S. Maryland Parkway across from the soon-to-be-completed Boulevard Mall, Las Vegas’ first enclosed mall.
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Ribbon-cutting for NSB’s first branch office on Maryland Parkway in 1974. Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson is holding the scissors. Former Nevada Governor Vail Pittman, a bank director, is to the right of Gragson.
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1974
Nevada State Bank Trust Department established.
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1975
First “all-woman” branch opens at 3480 W. Sahara Avenue.
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1975
NSB begins offering computerized payroll plans to business clients.
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1975
Construction of computer facility begins. Bank leases a Burroughs 3741 mainframe computer to prepare for changes in banking technology, including EFT and on-line POS terminals.
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"Mr. Nevada" was the mascot of Nevada State Bank from its founding until the mid-1970s.
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1980
Tropicana/Nellis branch opens. |
1983
Lake Mead/Nellis branch opens. |
1983
Eight Docutel Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) are purchased and installed. The “NSB Money Machine” card is introduced to customers |
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1984
NSB celebrates its Silver Anniversary. It has five branches and a total of 269 employees. |
1985
NSB is purchased by Zions Bancorporation. Since then, it has operated as an autonomous subsidiary. |
May 1989
Nevada State Bank opens the first supermarket bank branch in the state of Nevada at Maryland Parkway and Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas. |
July 1997
NSB acquires five Wells Fargo Bank branches in rural Nevada towns: Eureka, Fernley, Tonopah, Lovelock and Wells. |
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Lovelock Branch.
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Tonopah Branch.
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October 1997
NSB purchases Sun State Bank, giving it three new branches in Southern Nevada (West Flamingo, Sun City and Boulder City).
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1998
Nevada State Bank introduces telephone, online and PC Banking, offering clients the ability to bank 24/7. |
October 1999
NSB merges with Pioneer Citizens Bank of Nevada, founded in Reno in 1965. This adds six Northern Nevada branches (three in Reno, one in Sparks and two in Carson City), as well as six Southern Nevada branches. |
2000
NSB introduces Visa Check Card. |
2001
NSB opens its SBA Lending Department, specializing in government and guaranteed loans. |
February 2001
NSB partners with Ruby Thomas Elementary School, an at-risk Las Vegas-area school. Employees volunteer to help students with schoolwork and raise funds for the school. |
2001
Wireless banking introduced, allowing Internet Banking clients to access account information from their PDAs and cell phones. |
July 2002
NSB introduces free Internet Bill Pay for consumer banking clients, making it one of the first banks in the country to offer this service free of charge. |
February 2004
NSB introduces Reddi-Check, a service that creates images of cleared checks instead of returning the cancelled checks with monthly statements. Clients gain the ability to view images of cleared checks and deposit slips online. |
June 2005
Nevada State Bank is the first bank in the state to offer Remote Deposits™, an electronic check clearing system for businesses. Special equipment and software allows companies to scan checks at their place of business and complete deposits electronically instead of carrying checks to a branch to be deposited. |
January 2006
The Nevada Quarter is launched in a special ceremony on the steps of the Nevada Capitol, as part of the U.S. Mint’s 50 State Quarters Program®. Nevada State Bank is the first bank to offer the quarter to the general public as the "Bank of the Nevada Quarter Launch." |
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The Nevada Quarter, launched in 2006.
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January 2007
NSB opens its 73rd branch at Fort Apache and Russell in southwest Las Vegas. |
June 2007
Falcon Ridge branch opens in Mesquite. |
September 2007
Dallas E. Haun is named president and chief executive officer of Nevada State Bank, and executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation. |
Present Day
Nevada State Bank has 71 branches and more than 85 ATMs statewide and serves 19 different Nevada communities. It is the fourth largest bank in Nevada with more than $4.0 billion in assets. The bank has more than 30 supermarket banking centers, with the majority located in Smith's Food and Drug supermarkets. It employs more than 920 people throughout the state.
Nevada State Bank is a full-service bank offering a complete range of consumer, small business, real estate and corporate banking services. |
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