A Tradition of Service to Our Customers and Communities
United Bank has a proud heritage of providing quality customer service and offering
innovative, yet sensible financial solutions for its customers. Our commitment to quality
service goes beyond our customers to a real interest and concern for serving our communities at
large.
Originally chartered as The Bank of Zebulon - Zebulon, Georgia, in 1905, United Bank has
prospered and grown into a full service financial institution, offering a range of services from
traditional banking to Internet securities trading. Today United Bank has
eleven branches in the
area south of Metro Atlanta from Griffin in the north to Barnesville and Thomaston in the south.
The proximity of this area to the Atlanta Airport (42 miles to the north) and its convenient
location between Interstate highways 75 and 85 to the east and west respectively has created a
climate of growth and prosperity for our communities and United Bank.
A few of the milestones in the history of United Bank:
| 1903 | The Bank of Zebulon opens as a branch of the Barnesville Banking Company. |
| 1905 | The Bank of Zebulon is chartered as a commercial bank by the State of Georgia. |
| 1935 | The Bank of Zebulon is admitted to membership in the newly created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the 172nd member of the FDIC. |
| 1972 | The Bank of Zebulon and its owners and management work with citizens of Lamar County to establish Lamar State Bank in Barnesville, Georgia. |
| 1981 | Lamar State Bank and The Bank of Zebulon join together to create United Bank Corporation as their holding company. |
| 1983 | United Bank Corporation begins internal data processing for its subsidiary banks. |
| 1986 | Lamar State Bank and The Bank of Zebulon change their names to United Bank. |
| 1987 | United Bank establishes its own mortgage division to offer permanent, long term home loans. |
| 1990 | United Bank Corporation purchases First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Griffin and creates United Bank in Griffin, Georgia. |
| 1994 | United Bank opens its first grocery store branch, providing extended hours service Monday through Saturday. |
| 1996 | United Bank builds a call center and offers full customer service support from 7:00 a.m. through 11:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. |
| 1997 | United Bank establishes an Investment division to provide investment advice and convenience for its customers. |
| 1998 | United Bank acquires and converts the Thomaston office of NationsBank,
N.A. into United Bank's Thomaston division. |
| 1998 | United Bank offers home banking, Internet banking and Internet connection services to its customers. |
| 1998 | United Bank offers deep discount Internet securities trading to its customers. |
United Bank's style of service can best be summed up in its Mission
Statement and Service Philosophy, a framed copy of which hangs in each facility.
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