Our company was founded in 1888 with a simple act of kindness. At Eagle & Phenix Mill in Columbus, Georgia, a mill workers dress tangled in the factory machinery. To the surprise of her co-workers, money sewn into the hem spilled across the floor. She believed her dress was the safest place to keep her savings.

More than 130 years have passed since the mill workers dress tore. Mr. Jordan and a group of banking pioneers built our company's foundation on integrity, character, and principle: treating people right and doing the right thing. That foundation has endured across the years, with our basic values of superior leadership, trusting relationships, and excellence in all we do guiding the company forward along a path of profitable growth and financial strength.