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Past Carolina Bank General Counsel and Board Member, Governor David Beasley accepted the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize as Executive Director for the World Food Programme. We are proud of this South Carolina Banker for his contribution on the world stage. See the WFP press release below: 9 October 2020 World Food Programme awarded Nobel Peace […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – James Bennett, Mid-South area executive for First Citizens Bank, began a one-year term as chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association on July 1. Bennett, the first African-American to hold the chairman’s position, was elected by a vote of SCBA members. Bennett has spent 36 years in banking, including 26 years with […]

AUGUST 10, 2020 – South Carolina banks participating in the Paycheck Protection Program closed $5.7 billion in loans in a little more than 90 days, assisting in the protection of better than one in four Palmetto State jobs. “Our bankers helped 63,000 small-business customers survive, which allowed them to continue to pay their employees,” said […]

Friday, April 3rd, 2020 – South Carolina’s banks are preparing to help distribute $349 billion in emergency Small Business Administration (SBA) loans to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), part of the CARES Act passed by Congress last week. “Our bankers have worked countless hours trying to decipher the guidance around the PPP […]

The South Carolina Bankers Association is working with its 70 member banks that are in South Carolina in addressing the coronavirus and its impact among their customers and employees. The entire banking industry is taking aggressive steps to protect their customers, staff, and communities while ensuring the delivery of important financial services such as deposits, […]

http://lowcountryceo.com/video/2019/09/david-morrow-crescom-bank-south-carolina-bankers-association David Morrow of Crescom Bank, The South Carolina Bankers Association Past Chairman, David Morrow, President and CEO of Crescom Bank, discusses the South Carolina Bankers Association and what they do for the banking community.

GREENWOOD, S.C. – Fifty-five students graduated from the South Carolina Bankers School on July 11, 2019, at Lander University in Greenwood, bringing the institution’s total number of alumni to over 3,000 since its inception 58 years ago. The School was held at Lander University for the tenth year under the leadership of Chairman Ford P. […]

June 11, 2018 (Lexington, S.C.) – First Community Bank is pleased to announce that Drew Painter, Columbia Regional Market President, has been named the 2018 S.C. Outstanding Young Banker by the South Carolina Banker’s Association. Painter received the award—the highest honor presented in South Carolina’s banking industry—during the SCBA’s annual meeting on June 11. This […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – R. Thornwell Dunlap III, president and chief executive officer of Greenwood-headquartered Countybank, began a one-year term as chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association on July 1. Dunlap was elected to the position at the association’s annual meeting, held June 8-11. Dunlap is Chairman and CEO of Countybank and its holding company […]

COLUMBIA, S.C. – John C. Griggs III, Columbia market president for NBSC, was named the South Carolina Bankers Association’s Outstanding Young Banker for 2017 at the SCBA’s Annual Meeting, held June 8-10. The Outstanding Young Banker Award is chosen by the SCBA Past Chairman’s Club and has been given to one deserving banker each year […]