...city president for Regions started in the industry when he was 18 years old as a drive-through teller for the Bank of Columbia County as he worked his way through college at Augusta College.Today that branch on Columbia Road where he began his...

R. Daniel Blanton was named president of Georgia Bank & Trust and its holding company, Georgia Bank Financial Corp. on Wednesday, succeeding Pat Blanchard, who resigned to form another bank. Robert W. Pollard Jr., chairman of the holding company, announced the board had voted unanimously to elevate Mr. Blanton and to elevate Ronald L. Thigpen to Mr. Blanton's former post as executive vice president and chief operating officer. Mr. Thigpen was group vice president and chief financial officer of the bank.

...Georgia Railroad Bank, Bankers First, Georgia State Bank, Georgia Federal, First Federal Savings and Loan and Bank of Columbia County to name some - lost to corporate giants who gobbled up the hometown banks and thrifts. The A.A. Friedman name...

...Georgia Railroad Bank, Bankers First, Georgia State Bank, Georgia Federal, First Federal Savings and Loan and Bank of Columbia County to name some - lost to corporate giants who gobbled up the hometown banks and thrifts. The A.A. Friedman name...

Dan Blanton had a bit of a conundrum two years ago when Georgia Bank & Trust's holding company reached $1 billion in assets.

...opened Nov. 3, 1905, with the establishment of the Bank of Harlem. A few years later, it was replaced by the Bank of Columbia County. Present-day city hall is located in another building that once housed a bank. The current city hall was dedicated...

...Georgia-Carolina Bancshares Inc. on Monday officially opened the company's first Columbia County branch -- First Bank of Columbia County. The bank is a cornerstone of West Town Market Square in Martinez, which is undergoing a major renovation...

...time," he said. Georgia-Carolina Bancshares plans to begin construction on a branch in Martinez -- First Bank of Columbia County -- within 30 days. The fire at the Daniel Village location will not affect the company's other plans, Mr...

The First Bank of Columbia County will open its first branch in front of West Town Market Square shopping center by January. "What we are doing here is giving...

Patrick G. Blanchard, president and chief executive officer of Georgia-Carolina Bancshares Inc., announced Thursday the dedication of First Bank of Augusta. The new bank, which comes under the Georgia-Carolina Bancshares umbrella as a division of First Bank of East Georgia, will be Augusta's second locally owned bank. It will be located off Wrightsboro Road amid five regional bank branches near Daniel Village shopping center. "To us," Mr. Blanchard told the crowd gathered for a ceremony, "today is a historic day."