Citizens Bank S Georgia St, Amarillo

Recently, the government gave small business owners access to apply for the PPP loan. I rushed to apply right away with my normal bank, Wells Fargo, I was quick to learn they were not accepting PPP applications, I hurried over to try to apply with my secondary bank, Chase...they were only accepting applications if you had a business account, I only had 3 credit cards, a personal checking, and personal savings, but that wasn't enough. BOA, was my 3rd bank and once again shut down. The 3 biggest banks left me hanging when I needed them the most. I was personally referred to Citizens Bank by a colleague. He put me in touch with Sam Nunn and his team. They were really responsive and sent over what they needed from me. I acquired all of the paperwork and emailed it over. Within a few days Sam had responded requesting a few changes and a few extra documents. After receiving those items, I was approved! I'm sure Sam thought I was crazy as I was filled with joy and excitement! He handed me off to Jannis Laird to finalize the paperwork. She was lightning fast with her responses and I got all the paperwork signed, notarized, and sent over night to their physical branch. She confirmed receipt and helped me set up my online account. Within hours my account was funded! This is the way I wished the big banks would treat their customers. But I realized because of this Pandemic, if you want to be treated like a human being, you need to work with human beings. The people at Citizens have given me hope that there are still good people out there working at banks. I know this review was very long but I want the team here to know how much they mean to me. Because of them I'll be able to retain all of my staff and hopefully get through this craziness.