A group in Athens, Ga., has filed documents to form a bank.
Organizers submitted an application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on March 18 to create Classic City Bank.
The group plans to raise $16 million to $20 million in initial capital.
C. William Hopper III is expected to serve as Classic City’s chairman and CEO. Hopper was a market president for State Bank Financial, which was
Chadwick Hargrove, a former chief financial officer and chief operating officer at NBG Bancorp, would have the same posts at the proposed bank.
Thomas Scott, owner of a management office in Athens, would serve as Classic City’s vice chairman.