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Citizens Trust Bank Will Be Awarded the MBDA's National Director's Access to Capital Award
ATLANTA, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The United States Department of
Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) will award Citizens
Trust Bank (CTB) with the National Director's Access to Capital Award of the
Year during their 26th Annual National Minority Enterprise Development (MED)
Week on September 5, 2008. The National Director's Access to Capital Award is
presented to an individual or organization who has demonstrated outstanding
leadership in the financial communities by providing, supporting or advocating
access to capital for minority businesses.
Out of the many organizations that were applicable for this celebrated
award, Citizens Trust Bank, the third largest African-American owned bank in
the Southeast, has truly demonstrated excellence in financial leadership,
whether providing millions in commercial loans contributing to the growth and
development of the surrounding community, or with its Financial Empowerment
Series that offered enlightening and educating seminars that provided tools
for personal and financial success. With a foundation of constructing "a
relationship that you can bank on," CTB has always been committed to aiding in
the creation of wealth for its customers through its wide variety of financial
products and services.
This prestigious award will be presented to CTB during the MBDA's annual
MED Week 2008 Awards Gala. As a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce the
MBDA is the only federal agency created to cultivate the growth and
establishment of minority-owned businesses. The annual MED Week events leading
up to the ceremony are designed to bring together the nation's foremost
business leaders to offer advice, counsel and insight to help minority
businesses continue to be competitive within the marketplace.
For more information on the various 2008 MED Week events as well as the
honorees, visit www.medweek.gov.
As a leader in the financial services industry, Citizens Trust Bank prides
itself on offering a full range of quality products and services. Since its
inception, the Bank has remained dedicated to the growth and development of
communities through superior products and extraordinary service. Citizens
Trust Bank has assets of approximately $340 million and financial centers
throughout metropolitanAtlanta andColumbus, Georgia, and inBirmingham and
Eutaw, Alabama. Through its parent company, Citizens Bancshares Corporation,
its common stock is offered over-the-counter to the general public under the
trading symbol CZBS. For more information please visit Citizens Trust Bank on
the web at www.CTBconnect.com. Citizens Trust Bank - A relationship you can
bank on.
SOURCE Citizens Trust Bank
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