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Black-operated bank in Georgia, US
Carver State Bank
is a Black-operated 1927-founded bank that operates in
Georgia
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History
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The multi-branch
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banks's headquarters are in
Savannah
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It was founded February 23, 1927,
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by Savannah-born Louis B. Toomer as Georgia Savings and Realty Corp.
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On April 29, 1947
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it became a state-supervised bank (with
FDIC
-insured effective June 1, 1947)
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), and their name was changed to Carver Savings Bank. In 1962, when "Carver became a full-service commercial bank offering checking accounts"
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it assumed its present name: Carver State Bank.
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Like
Carver Federal Savings Bank
, to which it is not connected, it is named after
George Washington Carver
. Carver, like New York-based Carver Federal Savings Bank,
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"is among the roughly 1,000 government-recognized Community Development Financial Institutions dedicated to economically underserved areas."
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As a CDFI, Carver is eligible for
New Market Tax Credits
.
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