Louisiana’s $1.4 B First American Bank Selects Jack Henry’s Cloud Core and Digital Platform
JKHY•First American Bank and Trust, a $1.4 billion-asset Louisiana community bank, will adopt Jack Henry’s hosted core processing platform and Banno Digital Platform to enhance digital banking, improve disaster recovery, and expand small business payment capabilities via Tap2Local. The deal reinforces Jack Henry’s cloud strategy and open fintech ecosystem.
1. Contract Details
First American Bank and Trust, a privately owned community bank with $1.4 billion in assets and 25 Louisiana locations, has selected Jack Henry for its next growth phase. The institution will move from an in-house environment to Jack Henry’s hosted core processing platform to strengthen operational resilience and support continued expansion.
2. Digital and Operational Enhancements
Jack Henry’s Banno Digital Platform will deliver enhanced customer tools, including credit scoring and financial insights, while Tap2Local will streamline payment acceptance and accounting for small business customers. The hosted model also boosts disaster recovery and system uptime in a hurricane-prone region.
3. Strategic Benefits for First American Bank
The technology upgrade aims to improve customer experience, deepen the bank’s residential lending foundation, and accelerate its small business portfolio growth. Enhanced digital capabilities and open fintech integrations will help the bank remain competitive with larger regional and national peers.
4. Implications for Jack Henry
The agreement underscores Jack Henry’s public cloud strategy and open ecosystem of over 1,000 fintech integrations. Winning a legacy community bank client highlights the firm’s ongoing investment in innovation and may drive additional core and digital platform sales.
