Ameris Bank Announces Plans to Refresh Logo and Brand Following Merger with Fidelity Bank

Staff Report From Georgia CEO

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

Ameris Bank has announced plans to refresh its brand. The new look and feel will better represent the size and scope of the financial institution. Since its recent merger with Fidelity Bank, Ameris Bank has the largest market share in Atlanta among community banks headquartered in Atlanta.
 
Ameris Bank customers and community partners can expect to see new brand elements begin to roll out later this quarter. The bank will retain the name Ameris Bank. The updated look will keep many existing brand elements from both Ameris and Fidelity, including Ameris’ red, white and blue color palette and a renewed iteration of the Fidelity lion.
 
“As we enter this exciting new chapter in our bank’s history, we want to refresh our brand to reflect our commitment to banking beyond convention,” Ameris Bank CEO H. Palmer Proctor, Jr. said. “We recognize and appreciate the existing legacies for both Ameris and Fidelity, and our job now is to build upon those to create a more recognizable brand and serve our customers even better.”
 
The refreshed look will introduce a bolder, sharper tone and image to illustrate Ameris Bank’s position in the financial industry as well as its no-nonsense approach to helping its customers achieve financial peace of mind.
 
Some of the brand attributes that have guided the bank’s new look include:

Dynamic: energetic and passionate

Lionhearted: bold and resolute

Unconventional: creative and outside the ordinary

Relational: genuine and approachable
 
Following the brand reveal later this quarter, Ameris Bank will immediately begin updating branch signage and collateral, ATM design, debit card design and the bank’s online presence.
 
Ameris Bank officially completed its merger with Fidelity Bank on July 1, 2019.