Firstar changes its name to U.S. Bank

It's official. Firstar Bank, with a eight Springfield locations, is now known as U.S. Bank the result of a Feb. 27 merger between Firstar Cor-poration and U.S. Bancorp.

Locations in Branson, Bran-son West, Forsyth and Republic are among the 74 Firstar branches in southwest Missouri that changed to U.S. Bank March 15.

According to a U.S. Bank release, the new name is essentially the only change resulting from the merger.

"One of our most valuable assets will not be changing our people," said Regional President of U.S. Bank Chuck Johns.

"The same team of outstanding financial services professionals who helped customers as Firstar Bankers will now help customers as U.S. Bankers," Johns added.

The release said new credit, debit, ATM and check cards that match the new signage will be issued, but all card account numbers and personal identification numbers will remain unchanged.

Customers now have access to 2,147 branch locations and 4,904 ATMs in the Midwest and West.

The name change will be implemented in all Firstar Bank locations by the end of summer.

U.S. Bancorp is the eighth largest financial services holding company in the United States, with $171 billion in assets.