Ameris Bank Expands Commercial Banking Across the Southeast

ATLANTA, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ: ABCB), the dad or mum firm of Ameris Financial institution, pronounces development methods in high-impact markets – together with constructing and deepening a workforce of seasoned banking consultants, increasing its general market presence and investing considerably in its expertise infrastructure – as the corporate continues to execute its plans for strategic development and growth.

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“Now we have a transparent imaginative and prescient for a way Ameris Financial institution might be most impactful to companies in our markets,” says Chief Government Officer Palmer Proctor. “We’re severe about rising our enterprise. Ameris Financial institution’s stability sheet is powerful, affording us the chance, even throughout these unprecedented occasions, to make significant investments in our banking management, present and new markets, money administration and lending choices and technological infrastructure.”

Curating a Seasoned, Extremely Regarded, Professional Banking Crew Throughout the Southeast
Ameris Financial institution is deepening its business workforce with the financial institution’s growth into Tampa and Greenville, its new market methods in Augusta and Charlotte and its development of the treasury and money administration division. The next lengthy tenured and professional bankers have been tabbed to steer these initiatives:

• Brian Parks has joined the financial institution as regional president overseeing a lot of the financial institution’s Florida markets spanning from Jacksonville to Orlando to Tampa. Beforehand he was with SunTrust, now Truist, for 22 years, the place he served as a regional chief, banking business and center market relationships throughout the Southeast.

• Greg Clark joins the financial institution as market president for the South Carolina Upstate overseeing Ameris Financial institution’s evolving development all through Greenville, Spartanburg and surrounding South Carolina markets. Earlier than coming to Ameris Financial institution, he was an govt director for center market banking with JP Morgan Chase.

• Remer Brinson involves Ameris Financial institution as regional president main new market methods in Augusta and development in Ameris’s established Savannah market. Previous to becoming a member of Ameris Financial institution, he was with State Financial institution and Belief serving because the president of their Georgia financial institution operations overseeing the business and retail operations, treasury providers, mortgage and correspondent banking sectors.

• Manuel Rey might be becoming a member of the financial institution as center market banking govt for North Carolina main the brand new market methods in Charlotte. Beforehand he was a regional banking govt with Fifth Third Financial institution. 

• Keith Flynn has joined the financial institution as director of treasury providers, with over 33 years of expertise within the banking trade. Previous to becoming a member of Ameris Financial institution, he was senior vice chairman and treasury administration gross sales govt for Areas Financial institution for 12 years.

• Michael Coady has joined the financial institution as retail director, bringing over 20 years of govt banking expertise for multi-branch neighborhood and business operations. He was beforehand the connection administration managing director for First Republic Financial institution.

“These people deliver years of expertise and confirmed success to our financial institution. Their information, supported by our financial institution’s community-first method to banking, might be an amazing useful resource for our present and future enterprise shoppers,” shares Ameris Financial institution President Lawton Bassett. “Their banking experience allows us to additional broaden our attain and showcase our expansive business banking and treasury suite to business shoppers of all sizes.”

Increasing Market Presence 
Final yr (2019) was a report yr for Ameris Financial institution, with web revenue hitting $161.four million. All through 2020, Ameris Financial institution continues to successfully and effectively navigate the obstacles introduced by the worldwide pandemic. The financial institution is leveraging its monetary energy – approaching new markets and additional growing relationships in present markets.

Bassett explains, “Enterprise homeowners have an incredible deal to consider proper now, particularly because the financial local weather continues to alter. Our method – hiring seasoned, extremely regarded bankers, equipping them with a strong and optimized money administration platform and a nimble atmosphere – is properly deliberate and already being executed.”

Acceleration of Expertise and Money Administration Choices
Ameris Financial institution additionally continues to make substantial investments to its safe, reliable and scalable technological infrastructure. That is propelling the continuous development of personalized account administration instruments, built-in buyer entry channels and sturdy, optimized money administration options.

“We acknowledge customers desire to make purchases utilizing touch-free expertise, and plenty of enterprise homeowners have to make deposits straight from their administrative center,” shares Director of Treasury Companies Keith Flynn. “Recognizing the constraints and requirements of the occasions and understanding this as a brand new commonplace for the longer term, we’re centered on accelerating our digital choices, giving enterprise homeowners entry to level of sale options starting from full stations to versatile terminals, to on-line fee remittance, distant deposit seize and money vaults to call just a few.”

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Continued Momentum
Proctor and Bassett are each open concerning the financial challenges introduced throughout this time. However, in keeping with Proctor, “Now we have rapidly tailored to this new working atmosphere and our various strains of enterprise are performing properly. We’re measured in our method for continued development and growth methods in each present and rising markets, which is able to create sustainable and worthwhile development for years to return.” 

About Ameris Financial institution
Ameris Financial institution manages over $18 billion in property and practically 300 monetary facilities throughout the Southeast. Headquartered in Atlanta, Ameris Financial institution is fiercely dedicated to bringing monetary peace of thoughts to the communities it serves. A subsidiary of Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ: ABCB), Ameris Financial institution provides a full vary of monetary providers, together with conventional banking and lending merchandise, treasury and money administration, wealth administration, insurance coverage premium financing, and mortgage and refinancing options. Be taught extra about Ameris Financial institution and its full vary of monetary providers at www.amerisbank.com.

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