Century Bank & Trust

The Geo. D. Warthen Bank, located in Sandersville, Ga., provides financial products and services to residents throughout Washington County in Georgia. It offers customers checking and savings accounts, personal loans, Internet banking, VISA and Mastercard, ATM and debit cards, mortgages, safe deposit boxes, savings bonds, business checking accounts and night depository services. The bank was established in 1971 under the name of Warthen & Irwin, Bankers. In1932, a national charter was obtained and the bank's name became The Geo. D. Warthen National Bank. The bank continued to operate as a national bank until the 1950 s, when the national charter was surrendered and a new state charter obtained. The bank has operated as a state chartered bank since that time. It operates one additional branch office in Sandersville.

Started in 1905, Bank of Dudley is a community bank offering personal and business banking services. It was the only bank in the Laurens County, GA., to survive and operate during the Great Depression period. The bank offers checking, investment accounts, credit and debit cards, overdraft privileges, safe deposit boxes, loans and check orders. It also offers services, such as Internet banking and electronic bill payment. The bank established a division called Heartland Mortgage in 1996 to provide local mortgage services to its customers. Bank of Dudley is a member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and is an Equal Housing Lender.

Colony Bank is a full-service bank that offers an array of products from checking accounts to mortgage banking. The bank is a subsidiary of Colony Bankcorp, a multi-bank holding company with its primary offices located in Fitzgerald, Georgia. The company owns seven banking subsidiaries doing business from approximately 25 offices in the South and Central Georgia cities of Albany, Ashburn, Broxton, Chester, Columbus, Cordele, Rochelle, Eastman, Fitzgerald, Leesburg, Moultrie, Pitts, Sylvester, Savannah, Soperton, Thomaston, Tifton, Valdosta and Warner Robins. Products and services include online banking, bill pay, mortgage banking, data processing, personal lines of credit and check processing.