First Reliance Bank Launches Community Outreach Program
June 18, 2009Florence, SC – June 10, 2009 – As South Carolina’s most customer-friendly bank, First Reliance Bank is pleased to announce it has created an outreach program, Check ‘N Save, especially…
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First Reliance Bank Launches A Community Outreach Banking Program
June 18, 2009FLORENCE, SC – June 18, 2009 – As South Carolina’s most customer-friendly bank, First Reliance Bank is pleased to announce it has created an outreach program, Check ‘N Save, especially for…
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First Community Bank Promotes Gail Carter to Assistant Vice President/Market Executive, Camden
June 17, 2009LEXINGTON, SC – June 17, 2009 – First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, is pleased to announce that Gail Carter has been promoted…
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First Community Bank Donates to Palmer Place in Camden
June 15, 2009LEXINGTON, SC – June 15, 2009 – First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, is pleased to announce the presentation of the Time of…
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SCBT Financial Named One of the Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in U.S.
June 15, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 15, 2009 – Forbes named SCBT Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCBT) one of the Top 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in the U.S. in a study conducted by…
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First Citizens Announces It Will Open for Business on Saturdays
June 9, 2009New banking hours offer consumers added convenience ORANGEBURG, SC – First Citizens announced today that it will offer Saturday banking hours from 9 a.m. until noon at its 1225 St. Matthews Rd.…
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Bank of South Carolina Ranked Top Community Bank in South Carolina
June 5, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – June 3, 2009 – In the June 2009 publication of US Banker an analysis of data compiled by SNL Financial LC, ranks Bank of South Carolina Corporation…
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S.C. Capital Access Program Provides Nearly $7 Million in Loans
June 5, 2009Program has provided 146 loans to businesses throughout the state COLUMBIA, SC – June 5, 2009 – The South Carolina Capital Access Program (SC CAP) has provided more than $6.96…
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First Citizens Helps Consumers Grow Their Savings through New “Set to Save” Program
June 4, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – June 4, 2009 – First Citizens today announced the launch of its new automatic savings program called Set to Save. The program makes saving money easy, and…
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National Payday Advance Group Responds to South Carolina Governor's Veto of HB 3301
June 4, 2009WASHINGTON, DC – June 4, 2009 – D. Lynn DeVault, Board Chair of the Community Financial Services Association of America, released the following statement in response to Governor Sanford’s veto of…
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National Payday Advance Group Responds to South Carolina Governor's Veto of HB 3301
June 4, 2009WASHINGTON, DC – June 4, 2009 – D. Lynn DeVault, Board Chair of the Community Financial Services Association of America, released the following statement in response to Governor Sanford’s veto of…
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Business leaders join First Citizens’ Advisory Board in Sumter
May 31, 2009SUMTER, SC – May 28, 2009 – First Citizens recently selected business leaders to serve on its Sumter Advisory Board. Advisory Board members are selected to represent a cross-section of…
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Business Leaders Join First Citizens’ Advisory Board in Orangeburg
May 31, 2009ORANGEBURG, SC – May 28, 2009 – First Citizens recently selected business leaders to serve on its Orangeburg Advisory Board. Advisory Board members are selected to represent a cross-section of…
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Lee King joins First Citizens as Senior Appraisal Specialist
May 31, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 29, 2009 – First Citizens is pleased to announce that Lee King has joined the bank as senior appraisal specialist in Columbia. In his new role,…
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Dan Peagler joins First Citizens as Retail Sales Manager
May 26, 2009ORANGEBURG, SC – May 26, 3009 – First Citizens is pleased announce Dan Peagler has joined the bank as assistant vice president and retail sales manager in North. Peagler is responsible…
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Anderson Griggs Portfolio Management is Proud to Post Kendall Anderson’s Latest Wall Street Transcript Interview to Their Web Site
May 20, 2009ROCK HILL, SC – May 20,2009 – Anderson Griggs Portfolio Management posted CEO, Kendall J. Anderson’s The Wall Street Transcript Interview to their homepage at www.andersongriggs.com. The interview titled “Common…
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SCBT Financial Corporation Receives Treasury Approval and Returns Funds
May 20, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 20, 2009 – SCBT Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCBT) announced that it has become the first bank in the Carolinas and one of the first twenty banks…
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Santee Cooper Announces Bond Sale
May 14, 2009MONCKS CORNER, SC – May 10, 2009 – Santee Cooper’s Board of Directors approved the sale of $366,195,000 in refunding and new money bonds in a telephonic board meeting earlier…
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First National Bancshares Files First Quarter 2009 Report
May 14, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – May 13, 2009 – First National Bancshares, Inc., (Nasdaq:FNSC) announced today results for the First Quarter, ended March 31, 2009. The holding company for First National Bank…
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SCBT Financial Corporation Applied to Repay Capital Purchase Program Investment of the U.S. Treasury and Announces Offering of 1,150,000 Shares of Common Stock
May 12, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – May 11, 2009 – SCBT Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCBT) announced today its intention to redeem all of the shares of Preferred Stock issued to the U.S. Treasury…
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First National Bancshares in Compliance With NASDAQ
May 5, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – May 5, 2009 – First National Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:FNSC) announced today it is now in compliance with NASDAQ listing standards. The issue with its listing was related…
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First Reliance Bank Reports Positive Earnings
May 5, 2009FLORENCE, SC – May 5, 2009 – Fiirst Reliance Bancshares (OTC:FSRL) (BULLETIN BOARD: FSRL) , the parent company of First Reliance Bank, today reported capital ratios representative of a strong, healthy and…
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First National Bancshares Files 2008 10-K
May 5, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – May 1, 2009 – First National Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:FNSC) announced today it filed on May 1 its Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ending December…
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First Community Bank Serves up “Wishes” for Local Residents
May 4, 2009LEXINGTON, SC – Amy 4, 2009 – First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, is pleased to announce the presentation of the Time of…
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Advance America Earnings Per Share Increase 19.0% During First Quarter
May 3, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – April 29, 2009 -Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. (NYSE:AEA) today reported the results of its operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. For the quarter…
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First Citizens Bancorporation Announces Branch Consolidation
April 30, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 30, 2009 – First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. announced today that it will consolidate the First Citizens branch located at 610 W. Moultrie St. in Winnsboro into…
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SCBT Financial Corporation Reports Net Income of $4.5 million for the First Quarter; Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.17
April 28, 2009HIGHLIGHTS:–Earnings & Net Income• Net income of $4.5 million — before preferred stock dividend • Net income available to common shareholders of $3.7 million• Diluted earnings per share of $0.33 for the quarter• Core…
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First Financial Holdings, Inc Reports Second Quarter Results and Quarterly Dividend Payment
April 28, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – April 24, 2009 – First Financial Holdings, Inc. (“First Financial” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ GSM: FFCH), the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of…
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Elliott Davis Capital Partners, LLC To Host Business Seminar
April 24, 2009WHO: Elliott Davis Capital Partners, the regional investment banking affiliate of Elliott Davis, LLC, one of the largest accounting, tax and consulting services firms in the Southeast. WHAT: Seminar –…
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First Community Corporation Announces Financial Results and Cash Dividend
April 23, 2009Highlights – Net Income of $744,000 or $0.23 EPS for the first quarter Continues payment of $.08 per share cash dividend to holders of FCCO common stock Annualized core deposit…
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First National Bancshares Receives NASDAQ Notice
April 22, 2009SPARTANBURG, SC – April 22, 2009 – First National Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq:FNSC) has received a notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market that indicates the Company is not in compliance with…
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Southern First Reports Results for First Quarter of 2009
April 21, 2009GREENVILLE, SC – April 21, 2009 – Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SFST) , holding company for Southern First Bank, NA (also doing business as Greenville First Bank), today announced that net…
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Advance America Announces New Worry-Free Advance
April 21, 2009Initiative helps customers who involuntarily lose their income SPARTANBURG, SC – April 21, 2009 – Advance America, Cash Advance Centers, Inc. (NYSE:AEA) today announced the introduction of a new program,…
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First Financial Holdings, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call
April 21, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – April 17, 2009 – First Financial Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq GSM: FFCH) announced today that the company will host a conference call for institutional investors and bank analysts on…
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Comptroller of the Currency Hosts Community Bank Directors Workshops in Greenville, South Carolina
April 14, 2009WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host workshops for national community bank directors in Greenville, South Carolina, at the Hyatt Regency, May…
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Ken Presley & Associates Celebrate Second Year as Dave Ramsey Certified Financial Counselors
April 14, 2009Greenville, SC – April 15, 2009 – Ken Presley & Associates is pleased to celebrate their second year as Dave Ramsey Certified Financial Counselors. Dave Ramsey is a national radio personality and…
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First Community Bank Works with Senior Housing Crime Prevention Foundation
April 13, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 13, 2009 – First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, is pleased to announce the presentation of the Time of…
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First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston Acquires All Deposits and Loans of Wilmington-based Cape Fear Bank
April 11, 2009Company to expand service to new customers in North Carolina CHARLESTON, SC and WILMINGTON, NC – April 10, 2009 – First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston (First Federal), a…
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Wesley Whitener joins First Citizens as Senior Vice President and Appraisal Manager
April 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC- April 10, 2009 – First Citizens is pleased announce Wesley Whitener has joined the bank as senior vice president and appraisal manager. Whitener is responsible for managing the…
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First Community Bank Awarded Contract Through the Community Development HOME Program
April 10, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 10, 2009 – First Community Bank, a local community bank with eleven offices in the Midlands, has been awarded the contract to provide designated banking services…
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USC to Offer Summer Institute in Computer Science
April 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 5, 2009 – In spite of the state and university budget cuts, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at USC will sponsor an AP* Summer…
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Moore School Students Win Another International Case Competition
April 5, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 5, 2009 – A team of Moore School of Business undergraduates at the University of South Carolina won first place at the Royal Roads University Case…
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Cheryl Holland named to Wealth Manager Magazine’s list of “The Top Fifty Women in Wealth Management”
April 1, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – April 1, 2009 – Cheryl R. Holland, CFP® has been named for the second year in a row to Wealth Manager Magazine’s list of “The Top Fifty…
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FRB Idol Gives Back
March 27, 2009FLORENCE, SC – March 16, 2009 – – First Reliance Bank associates in Florence donated 363 lbs of non- perishable food items to the Harvest Hope Food Bank located at…
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Martha Wooten Named First Reliance Associate of the Year And Nine Associates Awarded President's Club
March 27, 2009FLORENCE, SC – March 12, 2009 – First Reliance Bank recently announced at its annual associate meeting that Martha Wooten, Service Manager for the Florence market, is the First Reliance…
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Leventis Retires as Chairman of First Community, Willoughby Named as Successor
March 26, 2009LEXINGTON, SC – March 26, 2009 – First Community Corporation (NASDAQ:FCCO) , the holding company for First Community Bank, announced today that effective May 19, 2009 Jim Leventis will retire as Chairman…
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First Citizens names Dennis Wallen as vice president and retail sales manager in Columbia
March 24, 2009COLUMBIA, SC – March 24, 2009 – First Citizens is pleased announce the promotion of Dennis Wallen to vice president and retail sales manager for the North Main branch in Columbia.…
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Bank of South Carolina Corporation Declares Dividend
March 23, 2009CHARLESTON, SC – March 23, 2009 – The Board of Directors of Bank of South Carolina Corporation, (NASDAQ:BKSC) the parent Company for The Bank of South Carolina, declared a $.16 per…
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LendingTree Continues Support for Lender Exchange With Leading Products and Cutting-Edge Technology
March 23, 2009FHA, Reverse Mortgage, and Simplified Filter Technology Help LendingTree Exchange Lenders Target, Service, and Close Online Prospects More Profitably CHARLOTTE, NC – March 23, 2009 – LendingTree, the industry leader in online…
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Elliott Davis Capital Partners, LLC To Host Business Seminar
March 20, 2009Seminar Titled Making an Acquisition in a Troubled Market – Creating Value in a Downturn GREENVILLE, S.C., Mar. 20, 2009 – Elliott Davis Capital Partners, the regional investment banking affiliate…
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