Entegra Financial Corp. announced that its banking subsidiary has opened a loan production office in Greenville, South Carolina at 301 North Main Street, Suite 2101. The company expects its banking subsidiary to operate in South Carolina as Entegra Bank.

In addition, James 'Jimmy' A. Kimbell III has been hired as the South Carolina Market Executive to lead the new loan production office and business development efforts in the Upstate South Carolina region. Mr. Kimbell has over twenty-five years of commercial lending experience in South Carolina mostly at the community bank level. In addition to having experience as the President and Chief Executive Officer of an Upstate community bank, he has prior experience as the market executive in several markets across South Carolina. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Anderson Area YMCA and United Way of Anderson County boards along with previous roles as President of the Clemson University Alumni Association and Director of the IPTAY and Clemson University Foundation Boards.