SCBT to be renamed South State Bank

South Carolina Bank and Trust announced today that it will change its name to South State Bank effective June 30.

As the result of multiple mergers in recent years the company currently operates banks under five names.

Upstate Housing Market Forecast Luncheon set for March 15

• What: Fifth Annual Upstate Housing Market Forecast Luncheon
• When: Thursday, March 15, 11:30 a.m.
• Where: TD Convention Center
• Speaker: Joseph Von Nessen, PhD., Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
• Sponsor: South Carolina Bank and Trust

Dr. Von Nessen

Each year your Home Builders Association of Greenville hosts the Upstate Housing Market Forecast Luncheon. This is one of our most popular and well-attended meetings. We invite an economics professional to brief the housing industry about expectations in the housing market for the coming year. Since 2008 HBA members have relied on this meeting to help them plan their businesses for the coming year, and the information presented has been especially valuable in the recent down economy.

This year we have invited Dr. Joseph Von Nessen, Director of the Real Estate Center at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, to be our speaker. Dr. Von Nesson produces the association's quarterly economic video sponsored by Clark's Services.

Don't miss this great and informative meeting that will help you plan your business in 2012.  To Register for the Upstate Housing Market Forecast, click here. 

SCBT acquires BankMeridian

HBA member South Carolina Bank and Trust acquired BankMeridian on Friday from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation after the Federal government closed Meridian. The transaction resulted in the addition of another branch in the Upstate for SCBT. The new branch is in Spartanburg.

Read more about the transaction in GSA Business by clicking here.