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	<title>BLACK ENTERPRISE &#187; Banks</title>
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		<title>25. Citizens Savings Bank &amp; Trust Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded by R.H. Boyd, Preston Taylor, and J.C. Napier in 1904, Citizens Savings Bank &#38; Trust Co. is the second oldest black-owned and operated bank in the U.S. The Nashville-based firm also holds the distinction of being the first black-owned bank in Tennessee; and the fifth largest BE Bank headed by a woman.
The bank specializes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24. United Bank of Philadelphia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1992, United Bank of Philadelphia is the largest minority-owned and managed financial services firm in Pennsylvania. United Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Bancshares, Inc., is the fourth largest black-owned bank on the BE Banks list headed by a woman.
The firm’s banking services focuses on small business owners, housing developers, churches and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>23. Commonwealth National Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth National Bank is the second largest black-owned full-service bank in Alabama. In February 2009, the Mobile-based bank named Tyrone Fenderson Jr. as its president and chief executive officer. Fenderson, who has more than 20 years banking experience, formerly served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of First Tuskegee Bank (No. 21 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22. Advance Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advance Bank is a federally chartered minority-owned mutual savings bank. The Baltimore, Maryland-based bank specializes in commercial and mortgage loans.  The financial services firm expanded its services and reach in Pennsylvania when it acquired the Philadelphia-based Berean Bank.
In 2008, the bank reported assets totaling $76 million–up 7.8% from the previous year.
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		<title>21. First Tuskegee Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1894, First Tuskegee Bank is the country’s oldest black-owned savings and loan institution. The bank operated its first office out of a classroom on the campus of the historically black college Tuskegee University.
More than 115 years later, the legendary bank has assets in excess of $78.3 million. The firm specializes in commercial banking, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20. South Carolina Community Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Community Bank is the largest black-owned Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in the state of South Carolina.  The Columbia-based bank operates four branches throughout the state; and provides an array of products and services to underserved communities, small to medium-sized businesses, professionals and local organizations.  In 2008, the bank reported assets totaling $78.9 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>19. North Milwaukee State Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1971, North Milwaukee State Bank is the oldest and second largest minority-owned bank in Wisconsin. The bank offers financial education outreach, new construction loans, grants, auxiliary/events support,  private banking, and financial advisory services.  Church congregations represent one of the firm’s largest customer-base.
The bank’s assets totaled $93.8 million in 2008–up 15% from the previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18. Highland Community Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highland Community Bank is the third largest black-owned commercial bank in Illinois. The Chicago-based bank was founded by George R. Brokemond in 1970. Since its inception, the bank has acquired two additional branches in the Sheldon Heights and Englewood communities of Chicago.
In 2008, the firm reported assets totaling $111.7 million–up 9.9% from the previous year.
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		<title>17. Tri-State Bank of Memphis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tri-State Bank of Memphis is the largest minority-owned and managed commercial bank in Tennessee. The bank was founded by father and son team the late Dr. J.E. Walker and A. Maceo Walker in 1964. The Walkers’ mission was to provide access to banking services for the underserved Memphis population. Since its inception, the bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>16. Illinois Service Federal Savings &amp; Loan Association</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1934, Chicago-based Illinois Service Federal Savings &#38; Loan Association is the oldest and second largest black-owned bank in the state. The bank opened its first office in a one-room storefront with deposits of $7,000.
More than 75 years later, the bank serves more than 14,000 customers and has assets of more than $143 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15. First Independence Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Independence Bank is Michigan’s largest black-owned bank. The Detroit-based bank operates four branches throughout the city and specializes in commercial loans.   In 2008, the bank reported assets totaling $161.1 million–down 14% from the previous year.
Donald Davis, CEO, First Independence, is a Grammy award-winning Motown guitarist.
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		<title>14. Independence Federal Savings Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Independence Federal Savings Bank is the second largest black-owned bank in the District of Columbia. The bank, which specializes in residential mortgage loans,  has made home ownership possible for more than 5,000 families; and provided financial aid to more than 43,000 students.
In February 2009, the firm acquired Rockville, Maryland-based Colombo Bancshares Inc. The merger will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>13. Legacy Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Legacy Bank, a subsidiary of Legacy Bancorp Inc., is the largest black-owned Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in Wisconsin. Legacy Bancorp is the nation’s only holding company organized by African American women.
The bank was chartered by the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions in 1999 with assets of $6 million.  In just 10 years, the firm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12. Urban Trust Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Trust Bank (UTB) is the largest black-owned federally chartered bank in Florida. The full-service bank, headquartered outside of Orlando,  was founded by BET founder Robert Johnson in 2005. The bank is among several RLJ Co. portfolio companies including Bobcats Holding LLC, and Our Stories films among others.
The firm’s innovative business model provides value-oriented, common-sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11. Mechanics &amp; Farmers Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mechanics &#38; Farmer Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&#38;F Bancorp Inc., is the largest minority- and woman-owned bank in the U.S. As of December 2008, the bank’s assets totaled $270.3 million–up 21% from the previous year. The Durham-based bank was founded in 1907 by a group of nine prominent Durham businessmen including J. A. Dodson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10. The Harbor Bank of Maryland</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When The Harbor Bank of Maryland opened for business, it had already acquired $2.1 million assets. More than 25 years later, Harbor Bank has increased its assets to over $284.9 million, making it Maryland’s largest black-owned bank and the nation’s tenth largest minority-owned bank.
The financial institution provides general banking services in its seven branches throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9. Capitol City Bank &amp; Trust Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Atlanta-based Capitol City Bank was chartered on Jun 30, 1994. The financial services firm operates seven branches to serve inner city Georgia communities in Atlanta, Albany, Savannah, and Stone Mountain.
With over $300 million in assets, Capitol City Bank is Atlanta’s second-largest black-owned bank and the nation’s ninth largest black-owned bank. The full service commercial bank [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8. Citizens Bancshares Corp.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens Bancshares Corp. is the parent holding company of Citizens Trust Bank, Atlanta’s oldest and largest African American-owned bank. Named Black Enterprise’s Bank of the Year in 1985, the legendary bank is the first minority-owned financial institution to become a member of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Founded in 1921, Citizens Trust Bank was established to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7. Seaway Bank and Trust Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seaway Bank &#38; Trust Co. was created by a group of Chicago businessmen in 1965 to combat the discriminatory lending practices on Chicago’s South Side. During its first year, Seaway’s assets grew to over $5,000,000.
More than 40 years later, Seaway is recognized as the largest black-owned bank in the Midwest and seventh-largest bank in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6. Industrial Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Industrial Bank was founded in 1934 with just six employees and $192,000 in assets. The bank manages $363.9 million in assets, making it the largest minority-owned commercial bank in Washington, D.C.
Industrial Bank, which specializes in retail banking and residential and commercial lending, recently added lockbox and collection services for the District of Columbia’s traffic and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5. Liberty Bank and Trust Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liberty Bank &#38; Trust Co. was established in 1972 with the opening of its first office in a trailer located on a New Orleans corner lot. More than 30 years later, the financial institution has become a banking powerhouse in the South.
Today, Liberty is the nation’s fifth largest black-owned bank, a corporate partner with more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4. Broadway Federal Bank</title>
		<link>http://dev2.blackenterprise.com/b-e-100s-rename-test/aka/banks-2009-be-100s/2009/05/11/4-broadway-federal-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadway Federal Savings and Loan Association was founded in 1946 with a $150,000 investment from a group of community activists who had identified the need for conventional loans to minority consumers who were ignored by all of the existing financial institutions.
Today, Broadway Federal Savings is the largest black-owned bank in California and third largest black-owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3. City National Bank of New Jersey</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[City National Bank is a subsidiary of City National Bancshares, a one-bank holding company, founded in 1973.
The Newark-based bank was established to serve minority residents and business owners whose access to mainstream financial resources were historically limited. In 1971, Newark businessmen Charles L. Whigmam spearheaded a grass roots campaign to raise capital for City National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2. OneUnited Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OneUnited Bank is a U.S. Department of Treasury certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI).  The commercial bank was established when four black-owned banks across Boston, Los Angeles, and Miami merged in 1982.
Today, with more than ten branches across the country, OneUnited is the second largest black-owned and managed bank in the country.  The bank’s operations [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1. Carver Federal Savings Bank</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 01:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carver Federal Savings Bank was founded on November 5, 1948 in New York City’s historic Harlem community. Named after pioneering chemist George Washington Carver, the bank sought to provide African Americans with financial service resources to build wealth in their neighborhoods. The bank expanded its operations in February 1961 with the opening of its first [...]]]></description>
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