Pacific Financial Corp (PFLC)

Description:

Pacific Financial Corp was incorporated in the State of Washington on February 12, 1997. It conducts its banking business through 16 branches located in communities throughout Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Wahkiakum Counties in Southwest Washington, and Whatcom and Skagit Counties in Northwest Washington. It also operates a branch in Gearhart, Oregon. Bank was organized in 1978 and opened for business in 1979 to meet the need for a regional community bank with local interests to serve the small to medium-sized businesses and professionals in the coastal region of Western Washington. Products and services offered by the Bank include personal and business deposit products and services and various loan and credit products. The Bank's main sources of deposits are individuals and businesses in its local markets. The Bank offers a traditional array of deposit products, including non-interest bearing checking accounts, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposits. Services which accompany the deposit products include sweep accounts, wire services, safety deposit boxes, online banking, private banking, and cash management and other treasury management services. The Bank provides 24-hour online banking to its customers with access to account balances and transaction histories, plus an electronic check register to make account management and reconciliation easier. The online banking system is compatible with budgeting software like Intuit's Quicken or Microsoft's Money. In addition, the online banking system includes the ability to transfer funds, make loan payments, reorder checks, and request statement reprints, provides loan calculators and allows for e-mail exchanges with representatives of the Bank. In addition to providing accounts and services to local customers, the Bank utilizes brokered deposits from time to time, which are deposits that are acquired from outside the region. Lending products offered by the Bank include real estate loans, commercial loans, agriculture loans, installment loans, and residential mortgage loans. The Bank competes in Grays Harbor County with well-established thrifts. It also competes with well-established small community banks, branches of banks, thrifts and credit unions in Pacific and Wahkiakum Counties in the state of Washington and Clatsop County in the state of Oregon. As a bank holding company, the Company is subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, which places the Company under the main supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Bank, as an FDIC insured state-chartered bank, is subject to regulation and examination by the FDIC and the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Washington.