- CEO
- Renee H. Shaw
- Full Time Employees
- 9
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 302 Brooks Street Wake Forest NC United States of America 27587
- IPO Date
- May 10, 1999
- Business
- Wake Forest Bancshares, Inc. Wake Forest Bancshares, Inc. (OTC: WAKE) serves as the federally chartered stock holding company for Wake Forest Federal Savings and Loan Association, a community-focused savings and loan institution headquartered in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and founded in 1922. The Association provides a range of personal banking services, including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, fixed-rate mortgages, balloon mortgages, home equity loans, land loans, and deposit loans; business banking services, such as business checking accounts, business savings accounts, business money market accounts, business certificates of deposit, and business loans; and specialized loan services encompassing commercial real estate mortgages, commercial lines of credit, builder construction loans, and other mortgage credit products primarily to customers in Wake and Franklin counties, North Carolina. In January 2024, Piedmont Financial Holding Company, parent of Piedmont Federal Savings Bank, completed its acquisition of Wake Forest Bancshares, Inc., with minority shareholders receiving $34.34 per share in cash and Wake Forest Federal members gaining mutual rights in the fully mutual Piedmont Federal; the Wake Forest Federal branch now operates as a division of Piedmont Federal, enhancing product offerings and resources while committing $500,000 to a new community foundation in Wake Forest, the largest privately funded one in the area, with former Wake Forest Federal leadership integrating into Piedmont Federal's board and advisory structures. Prior to the acquisition, the company marked its 100th anniversary in 2022 with a special $1.00 per share cash dividend and maintained total assets around $121 million as of late 2023, emphasizing relationship-based community banking with recent facility renovations supporting expanded mobile and online services.