Kimberly Goins Cooke

Citizens South is a Gastonia, North Carolina-based bank with the breadth and depth of over 100 years of experience in community banking. It is a full-service financial institution specializing in banking services for individual consumers and small to mid-sized businesses. Their continuing commitment to the communities they serve, to increasing shareholder value, and to investing in employee success remains paramount in all of their endeavors. A financially solid company aggressively promoting their products and services through geographic, market and product expansions, Citizens South is focused on growth for the betterment of their stockholders, their customers, their employees and their communities. Today, Citizens South Bank has grown to over $1 billion in assets with 21 full-service banking offices and is now the second largest community bank head-quartered in the Charlotte Region. They remain focused on providing personal financial service consistent with their community banking heritage.

Carolina Trust Bank engages in the provision of commercial and retail banking services. It operates through the following segments: commercial real estate, commercial, residential mortgage, home equity lines, and other consumer loans. The firm’s products and services include credit cards, mortgages, cash management, debit cards, certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts. The company was founded on November 27, 2000 and is headquartered in Lincolnton, NC.