. . . .BULLETIN. . . .BULLETIN. . . .BULLETIN. . . .BULLETIN. . . . STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND FINANCE STEVEN D. BRIDGES, COMMISSIONER Phone: (770) 986-1633 Fax: (770) 986-1655 Internet Address: http://www.state.ga.us/dbf/ July 31, 2001 The following is a summary of official action taken on applications by State Financial Institutions under Chapter 7-1 of the Code of Georgia and petitions for Certificate of Incorporation of Financial Institutions and other matters of interest during the month of July 2001. APPLICATIONS FOR NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTION 1 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Piedmont Bank of Georgia 3423 Piedmont Road, Suite 125 Atlanta, GA 30305 Fulton County CAPITALIZATION $ 8,500,000 APPROVAL DATE 07-20-2001 BEGIN BUSINESS DATE United Commercial Bank 5660 New Northside Drive, Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30328 Fulton County $ 10,000,000 Pending Piedmont Community Bank 110 Highway 18 Connector Gray, GA 31032 Jones County $ 6,000,000 Pending Citizens & Southern Bank 7401 Hodgson Memorial Drive Savannah, GA 31406 Chatham County $ 9,750,000 Pending FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CONVERSIONS PREVIOUS NAME South Georgia Bank CONVERTED TO South Georgia Bank Glennville Tattnall County APPROVAL DATE Pending EFFECTIVE DATE Embry National Bank Embry Bank Lawrenceville Gwinnett County Pending APPLICATIONS TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH OFFICE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Capitol City Bank & Trust Company Atlanta BRANCH OFFICE Albany Branch Office 301 Oglethorpe Street Albany, GA 31701 Dougherty County APPROVAL DATE 08-14-2000 BEGIN BUSINESS DATE 07-18-2001 2 Citizens Trust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta SunTrust Bank Atlanta Columbus Branch Office 1046 Broadway Columbus, GA 31901 Muscogee County Annapolis Safeway Branch Office 1780 Forest Drive Annapolis, MD 21401 Anne Arundel County Boca Polo Club Shoppes Branch Office 5030 Champion Blvd., Suite F-8 Boca Raton, FL 33496 Palm Beach County Carney Safeway Branch Office 8858 Waltham Woods Drive Carney, MD 21234 Baltimore County Amelia Island Harris-Teeter Branch Office 4800 First Coast Highway Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 Nassau County Goshen Oaks Safeway Branch Office 20211 Goshen Road Gaithersburg, MD 20789 Montgomery County Quince Orchard Safeway Branch Office 12251 Darnestown Rd Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Montgomery County McDonough West In-Store Branch Office 250 Jonesboro Road McDonough, GA 30253 Henry County 08-31-2000 Pending 04-13-2001 Pending 07-12-2000 Pending 03-26-2001 03-29-2001 11-17-2000 07-02-2001 10-25-2000 07-11-2001 07-19-2001 3 SunTrust Bank Atlanta Gannett Branch Office 7950 Jones Branch Road McLean, VA 22102 Fairfax County 07-16-2001 SunTrust Bank Atlanta Pasadena Safeway Branch Office 4211 Mountain Road Pasadena, MD 21224 Anne Arundel County Pending SunTrust Bank Atlanta Sterling Plaza Safeway Branch Office 22350 Sterling Boulevard Sterling, VA 20164 Loudoun County 09-26-2000 SunTrust Bank Atlanta Good Hope Marketplace Branch Office 2845 Alabama Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20020 05-04-2001 SunTrust Bank Atlanta Toco Hills In-Store Branch Office 2969 North Druid Hills Road Atlanta, GA 30329 DeKalb County 03-29-2001 United Community Bank Blairsville Brackett's Way Branch Office 391 Brackett's Way Blairsville, GA 30512 Union County 11-06-2000 United Community Bank Blairsville Martha Berry Branch Office 2760 Martha Berry Rome, GA 30165 Floyd County 03-20-2001 Bartow County Bank Cartersville Ladd's Mountain Branch Office 12 Euharlee Road, Suite A Cartersville, GA 30120 Bartow County 07-27-2000 APPLICATIONS TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH OFFICE 10-11-2000 07-18-2001 06-28-2001 07-20-2001 07-02-2001 04-03-2001 4 Global Commerce Bank Doraville The Peachtree Bank Duluth The Bank of Georgia Fayetteville Colony Bank of Fitzgerald Fitzgerald SunMark Community Bank Hawkinsville Citizens & Southern Bank Savannah Community Bank of the South Smyrna The Park Avenue Bank Valdosta Plaza Fiesta Branch Office 4166 Buford Highway Doraville, GA 30345 DeKalb County 12-06-2000 Mt. Vernon Branch Office 1725 Mt. Vernon Road, Suite D Dunwoody, GA 30338 DeKalb County 03-06-2001 Newnan Branch Office 471 Highway 29, North Newnan, GA 30263 Coweta County 04-24-2001 Warner Robins Branch Office South Houston Lake Road and Chilton Place Warner Robins, GA 31088 Houston County 05-17-2001 Fort Valley Branch Office 205 South Camellia Boulevard Fort Valley, GA 31030 Peach County Mill Creek Center Branch Office Mill Creek Center in Godley Station Pooler, GA 31322 Chatham County 07-19-2001 Pending Dallas Highway Branch Office 3596 Dallas Highway Marietta, GA 30064 Cobb County 05-07-2001 Richmond Hill Branch Office 1925 Highway 17 Richmond Hill, GA 31324 Bryan County 05-24-2001 07-21-2001 07-23-2001 07-09-2001 07-23-2001 07-18-2001 07-30-2001 APPLICATIONS TO CHANGE LOCATION 5 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Community Trust Bank Hiram From: To: CHANGE LOCATION OF Dallas Branch Office 100 Hardee Street Dallas, GA 30132 Paulding County 276 Merchants Drive Dallas, GA 30132 Paulding County Bank of Upson Thomaston From: To: North Creek Branch Office U.S. Hwy. 19 North Thomaston, GA 30286 Upson County U. S. Highway 19, North Thomaston, GA 30286 Upson County APPROVAL DATE 07-05-2001 07-11-2001 EFFECTIVE DATE PREVIOUS NAME Gilmer County Bank Ellijay NOTICE OF CHANGE IN NAME NEW NAME Appalachian Community Bank APPROVAL DATE 07-09-2001 EFFECTIVE DATE PROPOSED NAME FirstCity Bank APPLICATIONS FOR RESERVATION OF A NAME COUNTY Glascock County APPLICANT Ms. Lyn Gunter Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy 191 Peachtree St., NE 16th Flr Atlanta, GA 30303 Georgia Peach Credit Union Fulton County Ms. Kathryn C. Plant President GA State Dept of Education Credit Union 466 E Twr, 205 Butler St, SE Atlanta, GA 30334 6 Homeland Bank Pinnacle Bank South Georgia Bank Gwinnett County Elbert County Tattnall County Mr. Dale Johnson, Attorney c/o M. W. Nichols Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 999 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30309-3996 Mr. Kelly A. Howley, Paralegal Kilpatrick Stockton LLP 1100 Peachtree Rd., Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 Mr. Edward J. Harrell Martin, Snow, Grant & Napier, LLP P O Box 1606 Macon, GA 31202 FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MERGERS FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (SURVIVOR) Augusta VAH Federal Credit Union Augusta, GA MERGED INSTITUTION King Mill Savings & Credit Association Augusta, GA APPROVAL DATE 07-02-2001 EFFECTIVE DATE Gilmer County Bank Ellijay, GA Appalachian Community Bank Blairsville, GA 07-09-2001 APPLICATIONS TO BECOME A BANK HOLDING COMPANY AND/OR TO ACQUIRE VOTING STOCK OF A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION BANK HOLDING COMPANY TO ACQUIRE APPROVAL DATE FORMATIONS Georgia Banking Company, Inc. Atlanta, GA Georgia Banking Company (In Organization) Atlanta, GA Pending The 2000 Williams Investment Company, LLC FNB Newton Bankshares, Inc. Atlanta, GA Covington, GA 07-24-2001 Prudential Financial, Inc. Newark, NJ Prudential IBH Holdco, Inc. Newark, NJ Pending 7 Prudential IBH Holdco, Inc. Newark, NJ Prudential IBH Holdco, Inc. Newark, NJ The Prudential Savings Bank, FSB Atlanta, GA The Prudential Bank and Trust Company Atlanta, GA Pending Pending Newnan Coweta Bancshares, Inc. Newnan, GA Newnan Coweta Bank Newnan, GA Sweetwater Financial Group, Inc. Powder Springs, GA Georgian Bank Powder Springs, GA ACQUISITIONS Republic Bancorp, Inc. NetBank, Inc. Owosso, MI Alpharetta, GA (After the fact approval to acquire 5.63% of stock) 07-25-2001 07-23-2001 07-23-2001 CITY Tucker Forest Park Smyrna Waycross CHECK CASHER LICENSES ISSUED APPLICANT NAME J & Kay, Inc. NAPRO INC S & K Hall Enterprises Speedy Cash of Jacksonville, Inc. TRADE NAME Shell Gas Station Main Street Grocery United Check Cashing Speedy Cash APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING SERVICER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION Princeton e-Com Princeton, NJ APPROVAL DATE 07-16-2001 Back to Top 8