Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. operates as a holding company for AuburnBank that offers various banking products and services in east Alabama. The company’s deposit products include checking, savings, and transaction deposit accounts, as well as certificates of deposit, NOW accounts, money market accounts, and time deposits. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, financial, agricultural, real estate construction, and consumer loans. In addition, the company provides automated teller services; Visa Checkcards, which are debit cards with the Visa logo that work where Visa is accepted, including automated teller machines (ATMs); online banking and bill payment services; and safe deposit boxes. As of December 31, 2009, it operated nine branches in Alabama, as well as three mortgage loan offices in Mountain Brook, Phenix City, and Valley, Alabama; and ATM machines in 13 locations. Auburn National Bancorporation, Inc. was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Auburn, Alabama.

BancorpSouth, Inc. operates as a financial holding company for BancorpSouth Bank that provides commercial banking and financial services to individuals, and small-to-medium sized businesses in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Missouri, and Illinois. It generates interest bearing and noninterest bearing demand deposits, and saving and time deposits. The company provides various commercial loan services, including term loans, lines of credit, equipment and receivable financing, and agricultural loans, as well as a range of short-to-medium term secured and unsecured commercial loans to businesses for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery. Its residential consumer lending activities consist of the origination of fixed and adjustable rate residential mortgage loans secured by owner-occupied property, construction loans, second mortgage loans, and home equity lines of credit; and non-residential consumer lending activities comprise automobile loans, recreation vehicle loans, boat loans, secured and unsecured personal loans, deposit account secured loans, and student loans. BancorpSouth, Inc. also serves as an agent in the sale of title insurance; commercial lines of insurance; and a line of property and casualty, life, health, and employee benefit products and services. In addition, it offers investment services comprising brokerage, investment advisory, and asset management services; and trust services, including personal trust and estate services, and employee benefit accounts and plans, such as individual retirement accounts and corporate trust functions. As of December 31, 2009, BancorpSouth operated approximately 310 commercial banking, trust, and insurance business offices. BancorpSouth, Inc. was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.

BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for BankTrust, which provides various financial services to individuals, small businesses, and other organizations in southern Alabama and northwest Florida. Its deposit products include checking accounts, commercial accounts, and savings accounts, as well as other time deposits, such as daily money market accounts and certificates of deposit. The company’s loan portfolio comprises commercial, commercial real estate, individual and commercial construction, and consumer loans, as well as real estate mortgage loans. It also offers cash management services comprising lock-box, sweep accounts, and remote deposits. In addition, BancTrust Financial Group provides drive-in banking and night deposit facilities, safe deposit boxes, traveler’s checks, direct deposit, automated teller machines, Internet banking, debit and credit card, and telephone banking services. As of January 29, 2010, it operated 42 bank offices in the southern two-thirds of Alabama and 9 bank offices in northwest Florida. BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Mobile, Alabama.

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bank of the Ozarks that provides a range of retail and commercial banking services. The company’s deposit products include checking, savings, money market, time deposit, and individual retirement accounts. Its loan portfolio comprises real estate loans, which include loans secured by residential one to four family, non-farm/non-residential, construction/land development, multifamily residential properties, and other land loans; and consumer loans for the purchase of automobiles, recreational vehicles, boats, and mobile homes. The company’s loan portfolio also includes loans for commercial, industrial, and professional purposes, including loans to fund working capital requirements, and purchases of machinery and equipment, as well as term loans, balloon loans, and lines of credit; and agricultural loans for financing agricultural production, such as loans to businesses or individuals engaged in the production of timber, poultry, livestock, or crops. It also provides mortgage lending; treasury management services, including wholesale lock box services; remote deposit capture services; trust and wealth management services, including financial planning, money management, custodial services, and retirement planning; real estate appraisals; credit-related life and disability insurance; ATMs; telephone banking; on-line banking, including on-line bill pay; debit cards; and safe deposit boxes. Further, the company offers credit cards for consumers and businesses; processing of merchant credit card transactions, and full service investment brokerage services. As of December 31, 2009, it had 73 offices, including 65 banking offices in 34 communities throughout northern, western, and central Arkansas; 7 Texas banking offices; and a loan production office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Britton & Koontz Capital Corporation operates as the holding company for Britton & Koontz Bank, National Association that provides commercial and consumer banking services in Mississippi and Louisiana. The company offers various deposit products, including personal and commercial checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts, non-interest bearing accounts, NOW accounts, and certificates of deposit. Its loan portfolio comprises commercial, financial, and agricultural loans; real estate construction, residential, and other loans; and installment loans. In addition, the company provides automated clearinghouse services; safe deposit box facilities; brokerage services; automated teller machines; cash management services, including remote deposit, money transfer, direct deposit payroll, and sweep accounts; VISA credit cards; and letters of credit. As of May 18, 2010, it operated three full service offices in Natchez, two in Vicksburg, Mississippi; and three in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Natchez, Mississippi.

Cadence Financial is the holding company for Cadence Bank, which operates about 20 branches in the Golden Triangle area of eastern Mississippi, plus about 20 additional locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. The community bank offers standard deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, in addition to trust and investment services. It primarily originates real estate mortgages, which account for more than half of its loan portfolio, but also makes agricultural, business, construction, and consumer loans. Cadence Financial canceled plans to be acquired by Trustmark Corporation in 2010. It will instead be acquired by Community Bancorp, a recently formed bank holding company.

Cardinal Financial can help you keep out of the red. The holding company owns Cardinal Bank, which operates about two dozen branches in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Serving commercial and retail customers, it offers such deposit options as checking, savings, and money market accounts; IRAs; and CDs, as well as trust services. Commercial real estate loans make up more than 40% of Cardinal Financial's loan portfolio; residential mortgages, construction loans, business loans, and home equity lines of credit round out the bank's lending activities. Subsidiary Cardinal Wealth Services provides brokerage and investment services through an alliance with Raymond James Financial.

Citizens First puts the folks of southwestern Kentucky before all else. Founded in 1975 as a small private-investment club, Citizens First is the holding company for Citizens First Bank, which serves consumers and area businesses through about a dozen locations and 20 ATMs. The company's loan portfolio includes primarily commercial and residential mortgages and business loans. The company also provides title insurance services. Through alliances with other firms, it offers its customers trust and investment services as well as insurance products. Fellow Kentucky bank Porter Bancorp withdrew its offer to acquire a controlling stake in Citizens First in late 2009.

Community First Bancorporation puts financial matters first in the northwestern corner of South Carolina. The institution is the holding company for Community First Bank, which operates about five branches in Oconee and Anderson counties. The commercial bank offers traditional deposit products such as checking and savings accounts, CDs, and IRAs. Deposit funds are primarily used to originate single- to four-family mortgages and commercial mortgages. The bank also writes construction, consumer, and business loans. Community First Bank plans to continue to expand in Anderson County.

Community Trust Bancorp is the holding company for Community Trust Bank, one of the largest banks based in Kentucky. It operates about 75 branches throughout the state, as well as in Tennessee and southern West Virginia. The bank offers standard retail banking services to area businesses and individuals, including checking and savings accounts, NOW accounts, and CDs. Loans secured by commercial properties and other real estate account for more than half of the bank's lending portfolio, which also includes business, consumer, and construction loans. The company provides trust services through subsidiary Community Trust and Investment Company.

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