DELETEAssociate Member Directory

Delta Dental is the nation’s leading dental benefits company. A 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization with a social mission to improve oral health, Delta Dental of South Carolina is committed to providing access to quality dental care with the nation’s largest network and exceptional customer service. Based on proven associations between good oral health and good overall health, our smart benefits plans focus on prevention, as well as comprehensive care to promote good oral health among adults and children across our state. Studies show that people who have dental coverage are more likely to visit their dentist regularly, and regular visits lead to earlier diagnosis of tooth decay, gum disease and oral cancer. That’s why we say, “Good health starts here.”

dormakaba is the world’s leading manufacturer of safe locks—the secure electronic locks installed on the equipment banks use every day. Their solutions protect teller drawers and cabinets, cash recyclers, coin machines, ATMs, safe and vault doors, night drops, and other critical cash-storage points across the branch network. dormakaba's portfolio includes trusted brands such as LA GARD, Cencon, Auditcon, Axessor, and their newest innovation: the Apexx Series. Axessor Apexx IP enables branches to manage lock users and codes from a central location, helping improve security, reduce operational costs, and make daily operations simpler. Learn more at: dormakaba.com/us-en/offering/products/safe-locks

Tap into the proven expertise of Eclipse’s in-house team that has successfully completed 750+ financial facilities, including innovative branches, transformations, and inspiring operations centers. Our services encompass architecture, retail & interior design; construction management; plus branding and market studies to expand your branch network. Eclipse’s transparent process utilizes your local subcontractors and gives you oversight on the quality, cost, and schedule of your project.

Founded in 1988, Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) has recognized responsiveness, quality and accountability as the baseline expectations of our profession. Because of this deep belief in developing the people, systems and expertise to focus on our client’s needs, our company growth spans multiple industry sectors and disciplines. Today, we are national leaders in the geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities engineering fields - with the ability to assist our clients across the entire project lifecycle. Our staff of over 2,400 team members is spread across 80 offices including Charleston, Columbia and Greenville.

Through exceptional thought, process, and product leadership, Element Advisors - Financial Planning & Wealth Management helps individuals and institutions achieve their short and long-term goals. Element Advisors has partnered with LPL Financial for trading, advisory, and planning solutions as well as many other industry leaders to develop and enhance innovative solutions for our clients. LPL leads the industry in number of financial institutions supported, generating over $1.4b in gross revenue annually. Element Advisors strives to operate in compliment to other bank resources that are generating fee-income, attracting clients, and retaining those clients. We look forward to supporting SCBA members in those efforts.

Elliott Davis is a business solutions firm providing services to over 500 financial institutions across the United States. Their team of over 100 professionals dedicated to the financial services industry serves banks with audit, tax, and advisory services. These advisory services include internal audit, compliance reviews and monitoring, BSA/AML, information technology/cyber security, SOX/FDICIA assistance, credit services, data analytics, model validations (including CECL), due diligence, process improvement assessments and plans, organizational consulting, and SOC reporting, among others. For more information, visit their website at www.elliottdavis.com.

Emerald, Inc. environmental services provide financial institutions with the critical information needed to assess environmental risk and protect investments. We offer Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), Asbestos inspections and abatement, Underground Storage Tank (UST) services, Voluntary Cleanup Projects (VCP)/Brownfields redevelopment and other environmental due diligence services that support informed lending and real estate decisions. These services help identify potential environmental liabilities before property acquisition, refinancing, or development occurs. This reduces financial and regulatory risk for both lenders and borrowers. Our expertise enables financial institutions to make confident decisions while ensuring compliance with applicable environmental regulations and industry standards. Emerald, Inc. helps clients mitigate risk and streamline the due diligence process.

Founded in 2001, EnviroSouth is a premier environmental consulting firm dedicated to building trust through exceptional service, value, and unwavering integrity. With extensive regulatory and professional consulting experience, we offer a unique combination of expertise to address various environmental challenges effectively regardless of the circumstance.Real estate professional and financial institutions turn to EnviroSouth for comprehensive Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) to mitigate the risks and costs associated with environmental contamination risks. The Phase I ESA process is designed to evaluate a property for recognized environmental conditions (RECs) which may in some cases warrant additional assessment or remedial action. Contact us today to learn more about how our environmental due diligence services can safeguard your property transactions and investments.

ESA’s products and services include creditor-placed collateral, mortgage and flood insurance; loan tracking; GAP; and mortgage lending solutions. Learn why leading financial institutions have partnered with ESA for over 40 years. Visit www.evans-simpson.com today.

FHLBank Atlanta is a cooperative bank that offers competitively priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. We are one of 11 regional banks in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which raises funds in the global financial markets and distributes the proceeds to members and local communities. Our members are commercial banks, credit unions, thrifts, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions headquartered in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Chartered by Congress in 1932 to support mortgage lending, the Federal Home Loan Bank System provides a stable source of funding to its members. Each FHLBank operates as an independent organization and is governed by a board of directors that is elected by member institutions. Our products, services, and programs help financial institutions manage daily liquidity; fund mortgages originated for sale in the secondary market; fund loans and investments held in portfolio; improve their asset/liability management; meet community credit needs profitably; cover temporary deposit outflows; and reduce the funding cost of asset growth. FHLBank Atlanta also serves the economic and housing needs of communities by providing local financial institutions with flexible options for community development initiatives. We contribute 10 percent of our annual net income to the Affordable Housing Program. These funds have helped construct or preserve more than 73,000 affordable housing units in the Southeast and have contributed to job growth throughout the region.

We are the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, one of 12 independent regional Reserve Banks that make up the operating arm of the central bank of the United States, also known as the Federal Reserve. Guided by the Fed’s dual mandate—maximum employment and stable prices—we work to strengthen the economy and the communities we serve by advancing the nation’s monetary, financial and payments systems. We represent the Fifth Federal Reserve District, which includes North and South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. and most of West Virginia. We are active in our region, listening and learning from individuals, businesses and community leaders to inform decisions and policies that help our economy grow stronger.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Charlotte Branch Office is one of the two Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond branch offices. Established in 1927, The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Charlotte Branch is an operational and regional center for the Carolinas, including the nation's second largest financial center in Charlotte, North Carolina. They promote the safety and soundness of large bank holding companies headquartered in Charlotte.[2] They distribute currency and coin to financial institutions in our region and provide check adjustment services for the Federal Reserve System. Their public programs include forums and conferences, economic education outreach, tours and a speakers’ bureau

FHN Financial is an industry leader in fixed income sales, trading, and strategies for institutional customers in the US and abroad. With an average daily trading volume of $6.4 billion, FHN Financial transacts business with approximately 45% of all US banks with portfolios over $100 million.1 Learn more at www.fhnfinancial.com. 1For 24-month period ending 4Q22.

Fidelity Investments has been helping Americans strengthen their financial well-being for 78 years. Fidelity’s strength comes from the scale of our diversified, market-leading financial services businesses that serve individuals, families, employers, wealth management firms, and institutions. With assets under administration of $15.1 trillion, including discretionary assets of $5.9 trillion as of December 31, 2024, we focus on meeting the unique needs of a broad and growing customer base. We first established our physical presence in South Carolina in 2010 with our Greenville Investor Center. Fidelity has since added additional Investor Centers in Hilton Head and Charleston and serves more than 720,000 customers across the state. In 2024, Fidelity was named Kiplinger’s #1 overall online broker, and Investor Business Daily’s #1 Most Trusted Financial Company. At Fidelity, we seek to deliver better outcomes for the customers and businesses we serve by constantly innovating and challenging the status quo. It is our customer obsession, drive to think differently and the commitment to our people communities and business that have allowed us to grow from a small mutual fund company to one of the largest and most diversified financial services firms in the world. For more information about Fidelity Investments, visit https://www.fidelity.com/about-fidelity/our-company.

FBBS is a full-service broker dealer with a specialization in the fixed income marketplace. FBBS actively trades and position securities, deploying capital to best fit client needs. FBBS employees possess decades of experience that allow them to identify and interpret market conditions to anticipate the potential impact on the investment portfolio. FBBS is owned by several Bankers’ Banks and that drives the services they offer. A few services provided by FBBS are investment portfolio accounting, asset liability/interest rate risk management reporting, portfolio and swap analytics, municipal underwriting, municipal and corporate credit reviews and CECL reporting—to name a few. Ownership and experience in the community banking space provides value to those institutions that FBBS serves.

Community banks throughout the Southeast turn to First National Bankers Bankshares, Inc and its subsidiaries, First National Bankers Bank, FNBB Services Corp., FNBB Capital Markets, LLC and FNBB Insurance Agency, LLC for solid, reliable correspondent bank services. Because our only business is supporting the growth of community banks, we never originate loans or gather deposits from our customer banks’ customers. We are a partner in the truest sense and never compete for our customers’ business. Over the years we have created enduring relationships with our customer banks by providing the strength and stability they look for in a correspondent bank and always living up to our motto – “Service Beyond Comparison”. We offer Asset Liability Management, Cash Management/Operations services, Image Cash Letter Exchange, International services, Internal, IT and Compliance audit services, Loan Review, Insurance services, Lending services, Retirement Benefit Plans, BOLI, and our Capital Markets full suite of investment services.

Fiserv is a global organization with more than 13,000 clients and 21,000 associates worldwide and takes pride in its mission to enable clients to achieve best-in-class results. The company is highly regarded for its financial services technology and services innovation, including award-winning solutions for mobile and online banking, payments, risk management, data analytics and core account processing.

Founded in 1984, Fitts & Goodwin is a second-generation, Columbia-based general contractor serving commercial, healthcare and institutional clients throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. With more than 40 years of experience, the firm has completed projects in 15 states and delivered over 30 million square feet of construction across healthcare, senior living, hospitality, manufacturing, office, and industrial sectors. Fitts & Goodwin offers full-service solutions including general contracting, design/build, construction management, and comprehensive pre-construction services. Licensed in 11 states, the company is known for quality, safety, predictable schedules, and transparent communication. Long-standing relationships, experienced leadership teams, and trusted subcontractor partnerships allow Fitts & Goodwin to consistently deliver efficient, high-performing facilities tailored to each client’s long-term operational goals.

Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, the firm’s 7,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services for clients in all 50 states and internationally through the global network.