ABCB

Ameris Bancorp

A Southeast regional bank holding company whose subsidiary, Ameris Bank, runs full-service community banking from dozens of offices across Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina, lending mainly to commercial real estate, residential mortgages, and local businesses. It traces back to the American Banking Company, opened in 1971 as a single office in Moultrie, Georgia; after years as "ABC Bancorp," it rebranded as Ameris in 2005, a name meant to echo "America."