About Aliant

A Century of Banking on Alabama
Times change, but what Alabama banks on never changes. In good times or difficult times, people in Alabama know they can bank on community ties, common history, strong relationships and trusted experience. That's why for over 110 years, Alabama communities have banked with Aliant.

Today, Aliant still backs its financial strength, which carries a four-star rating from Bauer Financial, with the gold standard of hard work and personal service. We offer customers access to the latest banking technology and products but we also know the power of being plugged into the community. Aliant still makes decisions locally, making ourselves available to customers, and makes investments by knowing our customers individually and helping the state's businesses grow.

A Bank that Lasts by Putting Customers First
This approach originated with our founder Ben Russell, who started the bank in 1900 in Alexander City.  “Success,” he said, “comes from a combination of hard work and innovation.” Ben Russell was himself a local businessman, starting dozens of community businesses, including the mill that would become Russell Athletic.  He learned first-hand that his success depended on the success of his customers and community, which is why we still put customer relationships first today.

Over the past century, this way of doing business has fueled Aliant's growth into a community bank with offices in Tallapoosa, Jefferson, Montgomery, Elmore, Shelby, St. Clair, and Lee counties. Our strong local history has recently helped us attract a great partnership with USAmeriBank, a bank which shares our core values and belief that highly personal banking is good business.

Shared Roots. More than Your Share of Service
We plan on continuing to work on such exciting new services as access to balances in real time, improved online banking and enhanced products.   However, what really makes us a great community bank are the many ways we haven’t changed, and how this can change your perception of banking for the better.

Aliant Bank is a division of USAmeriBank which is an independent, non-public bank based in Clearwater, Fla. that has established itself as an outstanding middle-market financial institution. To learn more about USAmeriBank visit their website at www.usameribank.com.

USAmeriBancorp, Inc. Acquisition of Aliant Financial Corporation
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 6045B INFORMATION REPORTING
The following information is intended to meet the transitional relief provisions of Internal Revenue Service Notice 2011-18 related to the requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 6045B. This Section requires cost basis reporting in certain corporate transactions occurring after January 1, 2011. Under this Section, corporations that engage in an action that affects the basis of its outstanding stock must provide an information return describing the action and the action’s quantitative effect on the basis of each share of stock. Pursuant to the Notice, transitional relief is granted, and the Section 6045B requirements are deemed satisfied, if public reporting of the required information set forth in Treasury Regulation 1.605B-1(a) is posted on the corporation’s website by January 17, 2012. Download Form 8937