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- Atlantic Coast Federal Corp (NASDAQ:ACFC) serves as the holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank, a federally chartered community bank providing retail and commercial banking services to individual and business customers primarily in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. The bank offers deposit products including noninterest-bearing and interest-bearing demand accounts, savings accounts, money market demand accounts, time deposits, checking accounts, and certificates of deposit; lending products encompassing one-to-four-family residential first and second mortgages, home equity loans, commercial real estate loans, commercial and residential construction loans, multi-family real estate loans, commercial business loans, automobile loans, and other consumer loans; and additional services such as credit cards, USDA loans, SBA loans, warehouse lending, and wealth management. Founded in 1939 and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, the company operates through 11 financial service centers with over $700 million in assets.
In May 2018, Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation, the predecessor entity, was acquired by Ameris Bancorp, after which operations continued under the ACFC ticker as a publicly traded holding company for Atlantic Coast Bank, maintaining its community banking focus despite notations of potential delisting on some platforms. The bank converted its charter from a federal savings bank to a Florida state-chartered commercial bank in December 2016, broadening its commercial lending capabilities. As of recent data, ACFC reports a market capitalization of approximately $169 million, with shares trading around $10.89 and no dividend payments.