Welcome to Chatter with BNC, Business North Carolina's weekly podcast, serving up interviews with some of the Tar Heel State's most interesting people.

Today's episode features an interview with two leaders at TowneBank, which has become a big player in North Carolina banking with offices in Cary, Charlotte, Greenville, Raleigh and the Outer Banks. Billy Foster is the president and CEO, while Will Morrison oversees Towne Financial's residential mortgage, insurance, real estate brokerage and wealth management units. Formed as a new bank in 1999, Suffolk, Virginia-based TowneBank has $17 billion in assets. It ranks sixth in market share in the Triangle, first in northeast North Carolina and 11th in Charlotte. Both Foster and Morrison are graduates of Old Dominion University and veteran Virginia bankers.