The Memphis Grizzlies said farewell to their longtime partnership with First Tennessee Bank this summer and hello to Pinnacle Financial Partners. This, most importantly, ushers in a new era of Grizzlies debit cards. (YAY!! Security chips!! /s)
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I don’t know much about Pinnacle Bank, but I do know that I came to despise First Tennessee so much over the past 10 years that I made a banking switch myself earlier this year. I wish I had waited so that I could once again sport the Grizz debit card, but I’ll just have to settle for having their logo on everything else that I own.
Aside from spiting First Tennessee, the locations of said Pinnacle Banks leave something to be desired from the perspective of accessibility. They’ve got a grand total of (2) TWO locations in Memphis right now, and neither is within 20 minutes of FedexForum.
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Hopefully their presence grows to properly service the dedicated fans of Memphis. With the advent of an official debit card there’s no doubt the Grizzlies are all in for Pinnacle – they’ve even renamed the “Club Level” of FedexForum to the “Pinnacle Level.”