The bank, with 115 branches in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, also plans to begin offering seven-day-a-week banking at some of its traditional brick-and-mortar branches.

The moves, which will include an investment of up to $5 million by U.S. Bank, will allow the region's third-largest bank based on deposits to move branches from Thriftway stores and expand its presence in areas north of Cincinnati. Winn-Dixie is closing its 21 Thriftway stores.

The bank's actions include:

• Moving a branch now at the Thriftway in Delhi Township into a bigg's store in that neighborhood by late September.

• Replacing a branch at the Thriftway in Northgate with one about two miles south by mid-November.

• Merging a branch at the Thriftway in Springdale into an existing branch across from Tri-County Mall by this fall.

• Building a branch on Union Centre Boulevard in West Chester, expected to open Oct. 25.

• Building a branch in the eastern part of Mason, expected to open by spring.

The branch near Tri-County Mall and the one at Union Centre Boulevard will be the first free-standing branches to offer seven-day-a-week banking locally, said Cathy Myers, head of consumer banking for U.S. Bank in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky.

Those branches will be open Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.

"We're excited to try this added convenience here, and we hope to get a strong response from our customers," Myers said.

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