NEW YORK, June 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced that Coastal Banking Company, Inc. (OTCQX: CBCO), a bank holding company, has been approved to trade on OTCQX®, the best marketplace with qualified companies.
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Coastal Banking Company begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "CBCO." U.S. investors can find current financial disclosures and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.
"We are pleased to welcome Coastal Banking Company, our ninth bank to join the OTCQX marketplace," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group. "Trading on OTCQX distinguishes Coastal Banking Company as a shareholder-friendly bank that is strongly-capitalized and well-managed. We look forward to working with Coastal Banking and its Corporate Broker FIG Partners to build a robust public trading market for U.S. community and regional banks and their shareholders."
"Coastal Banking Company remains committed to providing the investment community with timely, meaningful financial and operating information," said Paul Garrigues, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coastal Banking Company. "Upgrading our common stock to OTCQX demonstrates this commitment to provide high quality disclosures to current and future shareholders."
FIG Partners LLC serves as Coastal Banking Company's Corporate Broker on OTCQX.
Coastal Banking Company is a bank holding company headquartered in Beaufort, South Carolina organized to own all of the common stock of its subsidiary, CBC National Bank. The principal activity of the bank is to provide banking services in its domestic markets of Beaufort County, South Carolina and Nassau County, Florida, and to operate a small business lending division in the Southeastern U.S. and a national residential mortgage banking division.
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