Hancock Whitney Bank is continuing to expand beyond its traditional Gulf Coast base.
The Gulfport, Mississippi-based bank — which has a major presence in New Orleans — is opening a new branch in June in a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi.
The new Flowood financial services center, which joins a second Jackson-area location that’s been in operation for less than a decade, is one of only a dozen or so Hancock Whitney branches north of Interstate 20, which cuts across north Louisiana and bisects central Mississippi…