United Community Bank

In addition to its presence in the Southeast, United Community is the largest bank headquartered in South Carolina by total asset size.

Union County Bank began in 1949 in Blairsville, Georgia, and had $42 million in assets when Jimmy C. Tallent became president in 1984.

[4] In 2009, UCB purchased assets and most liabilities of Southern Community Bank, with the FDIC paying $31 million.

[4] On June 27, 2017, Four Oaks Fincorp of Four Oaks, North Carolina, started in 1912, agreed to a $124 million deal which would give United Community Bank 14 more North Carolina branches, twelve of those in the Triangle and an additional $737 million in assets.

In July 2020, Three Shores Bancorporation, Orlando, Florida and its wholly owned subsidiary, Seaside Bank and Trust, was acquired, with full conversion, expected in February, 2021, adding 14 Florida locations to United Community Bank's network.

[7] In January 2021, UCB announced plans to move the corporate headquarters to downtown Greenville, South Carolina for a new $65 million building.

[8] On October 1, 2021, UCB announced the closing of the purchase of Aquesta Financial Holdings Inc., based in Cornelius, North Carolina, for $131 million in a cash-and-stock deal.

A United Community Bank in Hayesville, North Carolina