Fidelity Southern Corporation was a registered financial
holding company
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headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. It wholly owns Fidelity Bank and the LionMark Insurance Company.
As of December 31, 2014, the Company had $3.1 billion in total assets, $265.0 million in total stockholders' equity, $2.5 billion in deposits and $2.6 billion in total loans.
Fidelity Bank provides an array of financial products and services for business and retail customers primarily in the
metropolitan Atlanta
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and northern
Florida
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markets. Various types of loans are also offered by the bank.
History
The bank was founded in
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* DeKalb County, Georgia
* DeKalb County, Illinois
* DeKalb County, Indiana
* DeKalb County, Missouri
...
in 1973 with the Fidelity Southern Corporation and Fidelity National Mortgage Corporation, formed in 1979.
Fidelity founded a brokerage firm in 1992.
[
On October 31, 1994, Fidelity Southern Corporation began trading on ]NASDAQ
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under the symbol "LION."
Fidelity Bank acquired Decatur First Bank in 2011, the Security Exchange Bank in 2012, The Bank of Georgia in 2015, and American Enterprise Bank in 2017.Ameris Bancorp
Ameris Bancorp is a bank holding company headquartered in Atlanta. Through its bank subsidiary, Ameris Bank, the company operates full-service branches in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina, and mortgage-only locations i ...
merged with Fidelity Bank.
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Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
1973 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
American companies established in 1973
Financial services companies established in 1973
Banks established in 1973
Banks based in Georgia (U.S. state)
Financial services companies of the United States
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