charles avenue new orleans whitney national bank type subsidiary industry finance and insurance securities founded 1883 headquarters new orleans louisiana usa key people john hairston chairman & ceo products financial services number of employees 2550 approximate parent hancock holding company website www.whitneybank.com whitney national bank is a regional community banking institution headquartered in new orleans louisiana . founded in 1883 it is the oldest continuously operating bank in louisiana and a major player in the gulf south banking industry . 1 whitney branches are distinguished by a characteristic clock sometimes known as a whitney clock . the distinctive clock is used by the bank as their symbol . beginning with the 2010 nfl season whitney national bank became the official bank of the new orleans saints . whitney announced it would merge into mississippi based hancock bank in december 2010 . references edit history of whitney national bank . 2005 . retrieved 2007 08 14 . external links edit hancock whitney bank website history of whitney national bank this united states bank related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this new orleans louisiana related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whitney national bank & oldid 733013836 categories banks based in louisianaunited states bank stubsnew orleans stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 19 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view