Mark Smith
This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Banking companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Banking industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top North Carolina Banking Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
First Citizens Bank
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First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
Bank of America
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Bank of America is a financial institution that offers credit cards, home loans, and auto loan services.
upSWOT
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upSWOT is an “embedded Mint for businesses” packed in 3 lines of code and powered by 167 API-enabled apps
nCino
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Ncino is a cloud-based bank operating solution for the financial services industry.
Truist
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Truist is the sixth-largest commercial bank in the U.S.
Zogo Finance
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Zogo Finance is a white-label mobile banking application for financial institutions and for parents and teens.
First Carolina Bank
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First Carolina Bank is a community bank that provides commercial banking services.
Uwharrie Bank
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Uwharrie Bank is to protect the assets of customers to help people and businesses secure financing and to support their shareholders.
North State Bank
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North State Bank specializes in the fields of healthcare banking solutions, relationship banking, and professional banking solutions.
M&F Bank
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M&F Bank is an independent bank committed to meeting the financial service needs of the communities they serve.
Canapi Ventures
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Canapi Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early to growth-stage fintech companies that deploy solutions on modern platforms.
Aquesta Bank & Insurance
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Aquesta Bank & Insurance is a full serivce bank based in North Carolina.
LendingTree
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LendingTree is an online lending exchange that connects consumers with multiple lenders who compete for their business.
WalletFi
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WalletFi is the Subscription Management solution for Financial Institutions and Fintechs
Bank of the Carolinas
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Bank of the Carolinas is a financial services company focused on understanding, innovation, and partnership.
KS Bank
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KS Bank is a community bank that focuses on offering financial products and services to local families and businesses.
Alliance Bank & Trust
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Alliance Bank & Trust is a financial services provider that operates as a community bank.
Curi
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Curi is a physicians rediscover the joy of practicing medicine by providing resources that support them in medicine,business and life.
Sheffield Financial
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Sheffield Financial, LLC provides consumer and commercial retail loans.
Carolina Premier Bank
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Carolina Premier Bank is a community bank in South Charlotte
Finzly
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Finzly provides real-time software and apps solutions for payments, online banking, lending, trade finance and foreign exchange.
aPersona
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Apersona develops software solutions that provide devices with authentication to protect logins from hackers and frauds.
Finsophy PBC
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Financial innovation and technology for transparent & mission-aligned capital
Skyla Credit Union
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Skyla Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution.
BB&T
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BB&T is a community bank that finances early and later stage venture investments.
Canopy Financial Technology Partners
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Professional Services – Consumer Finance Due Diligence and Data Quality for Digital Assets
Advanced Fraud Solutions
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Advanced Fraud Solutions is a leading provider of risk detection software for the financial industry.
First Bancorp
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First Bancorp operates as a bank holding company.
the little bank
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the little bank provides banking services.
BlackArch Partners
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BlackArch Partners is a middle-market investment bank with trusted experience and proven results.
Southern Bank and Trust Company
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Southern Bank and Trust Company is a banking firm that offering financial and investment services.
PrecisionLender
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The steady rise in asset values leading up to 2007 made it particularly difficult for banks to price appropriately for risk
HomeTrust Bank
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HomeTrust Bank is a chartered, community-focused financial institution.
Volvo Financial Services
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Volvo Financial Services is a financial solutions provider of the Volvo Group.
7 Mile Advisors
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Mile Advisors provides investment banking and advisory services.
Advanced Markets
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Advanced Markets is a wholesale provider of liquidity, technology and credit solutions to banks and brokers globally.
First Union Corporation
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First Union provides financial and investment banking , mortgage, leasing, insurance, private equity, and securities brokerage services.
Profit Insight
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Profit Insight is a financial services company located in Mooresville.
CapStone Bank
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CapStone Bank was founded in 2006 with the goal of elevating the level of expertise offered to banking customers in the Wake County area.
QuantumReverse
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Quantum Reverse is mortgage loan origination software built for mortgage lenders that comes with a compliance engine.
Murphy Family Ventures
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Murphy Family Ventures is a management consulting company offering human resources, accounting, and financial services.
Sherman & Company
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A leading investment banking and financial advisory firm
Parker Poe
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Parker Poe has seven offices in major markets across the Southeast and provides legal counsel to commercial and public organizations.
Dogwood State Bank
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Dogwood State Bank offers a savings account, checking account, credit card along with the personal and business loans.
Local Government Federal Credit Union
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LGFCU is a company established to serve the financial needs of local government employees, elected and appointed officials and volunteers
Traderion
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Traderion is a virtual learning bank and simulator powered by an advanced artificial intelligence that’s used to train finance professionals
Entegra Financial
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Entegra Financial is provides various retail and commercial banking products and services.
Tobin & Company
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Tobin & Company is an investment banking firm that provides capital, business valuations, strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions.
BROOKWOOD ASSOCIATES
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Provide superior investment banking solutions to middle-market companies
F&M Bank
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F&M Bank is a community bank company located in Salisbury.
Regional Acceptance Corp
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Regional Acceptance Corp Specializes in indirect sub-prime automotive financing and prime-to-near-prime portfolio acquisitions.
Bank of Granite Corporation
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Bank of Granite Corporation is a financial services company based out of 1109 Conover Blvd E, Conover, North Carolina, United States.
Fidus Partners
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Provides merger and acquisition advisory and related services to private equity firms, corporations, and private business owners.
First South Bank
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Mortgage loan originators and servicers in North Carolina.
RBC Bank
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RBC Bank is a banking firm that provides banking, mortgage, credit card, lines of credit, and other financial services.
Paragon Commercial Corp
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Paragon Commercial Corp provides a private banking experience to businesses and individuals.
Novare Kapital
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Novare Capital Management is a privately owned investment management.
Peoples Bank
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Peoples Bank is a community bank based in North Carolina.
Marine Federal Credit Union
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Marine Federal Credit Union is a financial institution that provides banking, loans and investment solutions.
West Town Payments
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West Town Payments offers POS payment processing, mobile credit card processing, business credit cards, and mobile banking solutions.
LifeStore Bank
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LifeStore Bank offers financial, banking and insurance services.
Civic Federal Credit Union
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Civic Federal Credit Union provides checking, savings account, loans, credit cards, personal, and business banking services.
North Inlet Group
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North Inlet Group provides investment banking services to public and private companies.
Bundy Group
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Bundy Group is a boutique investment bank that specializes in advisory for business sales and capital raises.
FM Lending Services
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FM Lending Services is a mortgage banker that specializes in standard and government-issued loans, home loans and mortgage services.
Thread Capital
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Thread Capital is a dynamic organization that focuses on offering capital, coaching and connections to various businesses within the region.
Yadkin Bank
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Yadkin Financial Corporation is the holding company for Yadkin Bank.
First Federal Savings Bank
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First Federal Savings Bank offers banking and financial services.
Leedon Park Capital
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Leedon Park Capital is a private equity firm.
American Security Mortgage Corp
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American Security Mortgage Corp is a banking firm that specializes in mortgage financing services.
Triad Business Bank
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Triad Business Bank provides commercial lending, cash management solution along with private and business banking services.
The Bridgeford Group
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The Bridgeford Group offers financial advisory services in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, corporate strategy, financial structure.
Century Finance
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Century Finance is loan business but meeting you has truly inspired our confidence in the way they value and handle financial challenges.
Innovation Partners
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Innovation Partners is a Banking company.
The Fidelity Bank
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The Fidelity Bank is a bank that offers a savings account, mortgage loan, and investment services.
Actuarial Management Resources
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Actuarial Management Resources is an actuarial consulting firm.
CRMa – Credit Analytics
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CRMa – Credit Analytics is the proven, industry-best integrator of credit risk expertise, quantitative analysis, and technology.
Coastal Bank and Trust
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Coastal Bank and Trust offers financial products and services primarily focused on the retail customer and small to medium-size businesses.
First Horizon Bank
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First Horizon Bank provides personal, business, and corporate banking, and private client services, to families and businesses.
Sabre Capital
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Sabre Capital provides consulting and investment banking services.
Time Investment Corporation
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Time Investment Corporation provides personal cash loans and works with car dealers, furniture distributors for auto and furniture loans.
First Flight Federal Credit Union
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First Flight Federal Credit Union is a non-profit financial institution that provides banking, loans, online, and financial services.
Nova Credit Union
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Nova Credit Union offers banking, loans, and financial services.
Nantahala Bank & Trust Company
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Nantahala Bank & Trust Company is a financial service company offering & lending mortgages and loans and other financial services.
Surrey Bancorp
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Surrey Bank & Trust will strive to optimize long-term helping organisations customers achieve their financial objectives in the trade field.
Stump
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Stump provides mergers, acquisitions, business valuation, due diligence, investment banking and real estate consulting services.
Swapstech Inc.
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Swapstech Incorporated is a financial technology company, providing foreign currency payment and cash management systems.
RTP Federal Credit Union
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RTP Credit Union offers our members a complete range of convenient, low-cost financial services, personalized to meet their individual needs
Business Acquisition and Merger Associates
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BAMA represents companies that generate annual revenues between $5 million and $100 million.
Welcome Federal Credit Union
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Welcome Federal Credit Union offers banking, investment management and financial services.
Dash Home Loans
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Dash Home Loans is a real estate financing company provides mortgage services.
Internal Revenue Employees Federal Credit Union
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Internal Revenue Employees Federal Credit Union provides accounts and mortgage services.
Lumbee Guaranty Bank
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Lumbee Guaranty Bank provides financial services to the communities of Robeson, Hoke, Cumberland and beyond.
American Partners FCU
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American Partners FCU provides online and mobile banking, financial, accounting, personal and business loan services.
Select Bank & Trust
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Select Bank & Trust is a holding company offering a broad range of retail, small business, and commercial banking products and services.
Dean Heckle & Hill
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Dean Heckle & Hill organization is designed to be a full-line agency, located in North Carolina.
Weyco Community Credit Union
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Weyco Community Credit Union is a nonprofit organization that fixates on the financial well-being of the community with services.
Vision Financial Federal Credit Union
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Vision Financial Federal Credit Union focuses on checking accounts, saving accounts, loans, direct deposits, credit cards and debit cards.
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank
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Piedmont Federal Savings Bank focuses on offering sound financial solutions that truly fit people’s lives.
Blueharbor Bank
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Blueharbor Bank is a bank focusing on its customers and creating a pleasurable and efficient banking experience.
Amy Bonis Mortgage Team
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Amy Bonis Mortgage Team is a mortgage lender that provides mortgage banking and loan services to customers.
