Fidelity Southern Corporation

Fidelity Southern Corporation was an American financial holding company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.^[4] It wholly owned Fidelity Bank and the LionMark Insurance Company. It was acquired by Ameris Bancorp in July 2019.^[3]

Fidelity Southern Corporation

Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: LION
Industry	Financial services
Founded	1973; 52 years ago (1973)[1]
Defunct	2019 (2019)
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Ameris Bancorp
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia , United States
Number of locations	65 Branches (August 2017)
Key people	James Miller (chairman) Palmer Proctor (president & CEO)
Products	Retail Banking Commercial Banking Mortgage SBA Trust Services Indirect Lending
Operating income	US$ 101,667 thousands (2014)[2]
Net income	US$ 138,754 thousands (2014)[2]
Total assets	US$ 3.1 billion (2014)[2]
Total equity	US$ 264,951 million (2014)[2]
Number of employees	1,117 (2014)[3]
Website	lionbank.com/southern

As of 2014^[update], the company had $3.1 billion in total assets, $265.0 million in total stockholders' equity, $2.5 billion in deposits and $2.6 billion in total loans.^[5]

Fidelity Bank provides an array of financial products and services for business and retail customers primarily in the metropolitan Atlanta and northern Florida markets. Various types of loans were also offered by the bank.^[5]

History

The bank was founded in DeKalb County in 1973 with the Fidelity Southern Corporation and Fidelity National Mortgage Corporation, formed in 1979.^[6]

Fidelity founded a brokerage firm in 1992.^[6]

On October 31, 1994, Fidelity Southern Corporation began trading on NASDAQ under the symbol "LION." ^{[citation needed]}

Fidelity Bank acquired Decatur First Bank in 2011, the Security Exchange Bank in 2012, The Bank of Georgia in 2015, and American Enterprise Bank in 2017.^[6][7]

In July 2019, Ameris Bancorp merged with Fidelity Bank.^[8][9]