Carter Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Carter Bank & Trust (the bank) that provides a range of retail and commercial financial products and services and insurance products.
The bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured, Virginia state-chartered commercial bank, which operates branches in Virginia and North Carolina.
The bank offers a full range of deposit services, including Lifetime Free Checking, interest checking accounts, savings accounts, ret...
Carter Bankshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Carter Bank & Trust (the bank) that provides a range of retail and commercial financial products and services and insurance products.
The bank is a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured, Virginia state-chartered commercial bank, which operates branches in Virginia and North Carolina.
The bank offers a full range of deposit services, including Lifetime Free Checking, interest checking accounts, savings accounts, retirement accounts, and other deposit accounts of various types, ranging from money market accounts to longer-term certificate of deposit (CDs). These products and services are available to the company’s personal and business customers. The transaction accounts and CDs are tailored to each of the bank's principal markets at competitive rates. All deposit accounts are insured by the FDIC up to the maximum amount allowed by law.
The bank also offers a full range of commercial and consumer loans. Commercial loans include both secured and unsecured loans, real estate construction and acquisition loans, and commercial and industrial loans. Consumer loans include residential mortgage, secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, overdraft protection, personal investments and credit cards. The bank also originates and holds fixed and variable rate mortgage loans and offers home equity lines of credit to its customers.
The company’s other bank services include safe deposit boxes, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks and debit cards. Online banking products, including a full suite of digital tools, including online and mobile banking, online account opening, bill pay, eStatements (paperless electronic statements), mobile deposit, Zelle, CardValet, digital wallet, and MoneyPass network of ATMs. Treasury and corporate cash management services are also available to the company’s business customers. The bank also provides title insurance and other financial institution-related products and services.
The bank has one wholly owned subsidiary, CB&T Investment Company (the Investment Company), which was chartered effective April 1, 2019. The Investment Company was formed to hold and manage a group of investments previously owned by the bank and to provide additional latitude to purchase other investments.
The company is a Virginia business corporation subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. As such, the company is subject to supervision and examination by, and the regulations and reporting requirements of, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB).
Investment Securities
As of December 31, 2024, the company’s investment portfolio included the U.S. government agency securities; residential mortgage-backed securities; commercial mortgage-backed securities; other commercial mortgage-backed securities; asset backed securities; collateralized mortgage obligations; states and political subdivisions; and corporate notes.
Supervision and Regulation
As a Virginia bank holding company, the company is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHCA) and regulation and supervision by the FRB, and also is subject to the bank holding company laws of Virginia and is subject to regulation and supervision by the SCC and the Bureau.
The bank is subject to supervision, regulation and examination by the Bureau and the bank’s primary federal regulator, the FDIC. Deposits with the bank are insured through the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) of the FDIC. As a DIF-insured institution, the bank is subject to FDIC rules and regulations as administrator of the DIF. The bank received a rating of ‘satisfactory’ on its most recent Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination dated October 23, 2023.
The bank is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Atlanta, which is one of 12 regional FHLBs that provide funding to their members for making housing loans as well as for affordable housing and community development loans.
The bank’s mortgage origination activities are subject to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, TILA, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, RESPA, the Home Ownership Equity Protection Act, and the regulations promulgated under these acts, among other additional state and federal laws, regulations and rules.
The bank’s mortgage origination activities are also subject to Regulation Z, which implements TILA. Certain provisions of Regulation Z require mortgage lenders to make a reasonable and good faith determination, based on verified and documented information, that a consumer applying for a mortgage loan has a reasonable ability to repay the loan according to its terms.
As with other financial institutions, the earnings of the company and the bank are affected by general economic conditions as well as by the monetary policies of the FRB.
History
Carter Bankshares, Inc. was founded in 1974. The company was incorporated in 2020.