Best Banks and Ratings in Georgia 2011

Keeping your money close to home may make you feel more secure. Is it really important though? It might be. Banks are flopping right and left. Using other alternatives to getting the most for your money or just protecting it with the Federal Reserve in the red at this point can leave us feeling uneasy.

Sticking with the Banks and Credit Unions that are headquartered locally and that have the best financial ratings might be helpful this year, whether we are searching for higher Georgia certificates of deposit, higher Georgia money market accounts or higher Georgia rewards checking accounts. Below is a list of the current “superior” rated Banks and Credit Unions in Georgia state.

Altamah Bank and Trust = Vidalia
Bank of Alapaha = Alapaha
Bank of Dawson = Dawson
Bank of Edison = Edison
Bank of Hancock County = Sparta
Bank of Lafayette = Lafayette
Century Bank and Trust = Milledgeville
Commercial Banking Co. = Valdosta
Community Bank of Georgia = Baxley
Community Banking Co of Fitzgerald = Fitzgerald
Farmers and Merchants Bank = Sylvania
Farmers State Bank = Dublin
First Federal Savings and Loan = Valdosta
First Madison Bank and Trust = Colbert
First National Bank of Waynesboro = Waynesboro
First State Bank of Blakely = Blakely
Greenville Banking Co = Greenville
Pelham Banking Co = Pelham
Peoples Bank = Willacoochee
Planters and Citizens = Camilla
Rochelle State = Rochelle
Security State = McRae
South Georgia Banking Co = Omega
Southern Bank and Trust = Clarkesville
State Bank and Trust = Macon
Thomasville National = Thomasville
United National = Cairo
Vidalia Federal = Vidalia
Waycross Bank and Trust = Waycross
West Central Georgia = Thomaston
Wheeler County State Bank = Alamo
Wilcox County State = Abbeville
Wilkinson County = Irwinton

“Superior” rated credit union in Georgia:
Albany Federal = Jesup
Artesian City Federal = Albany
Associated = Norcross
Atlanta Federal = Atlanta
Atlanta Postal = Atlanta
Central State Hospital = Milledgeville
CGR = Macon
Chatham Federal = Savannah
Chevron Southern = Atlanta
Combined Employees = Warner Robins
Coweta Cities & County Employees Federal = Newnan
Credit Union of Atlanta = Atlanta
CRMC Employees = Douglas
Delta Community = Atlanta
Coco Regional Federal = Albany
Ethicon = Cornelia
Excel Federal = Norcross
Fieldale = Baldwin
First Reliance Federal = Athens
Flint Federal = Reynolds
Flint River Employees Federal = Oglethorpe
Flowers Employees Credit League = Thomasville
Fort McPheerson = McPheerson
Fulton Teachers = Hapeville
G.P.A. = Savannah
GDC Federal = Newnan
GEMC Federal = Atlanta
Genuine Parts = Norcross
Georgia Federal = Duluth
Georgia Florida United Methodist = Marietta
Georgia Pine Federal = Brunswick
Georgia’s Own = Atlanta
Glynn County Federal Employees = Glynco
Habersham Federal = Clarkesville
Healthcom Federal = Dalton
Human Services Employees = Atlanta
Jeff Davis = Hazlehurst
Lanier Federal = Oakwood
LGE Community = Marietta
Locoga Federal = Valdosta
MEA Federal = Columbus
Macon Fireman’s = Macon
Mead Employees = Atlanta
Memberfirst = Decatur
Mercy Federal = Savannah
Midsouth Community Federal = Macon
Multiple Employee Group Federal = Thomasville
Northside Federal = Atlanta
Northwest Georgia = Rome
Patterson Pump Federal = Tocco
Petroleum Associates Federal = Duluth
Piedmont Hospital Federal = Atlanta
Platinum Federal = Lilburn
Powerco Federal = Atlanta
Rig Employees = Macon
Robins Federal = Warner Robins
Rome Kraft Employees = Coosa
Rose City Federal = Thomasville
Savannah Postal = Savannah
Southern Federal = Fayetteville
State Employees = Atlanta
Stpehens-Franklin Teachers Federal = Toccoa
TIC Federal = Columbus
United 1st Federal = Kingsland
Valdosta Teachers Federal = Valdosta
Walder County Educator Federal = Lafayette
Workmans Circle Incorporated = Savannah

Disclaimer: This post does not guarantee accuracy at the time of your reading. Please check directly with the financial institution before investing. The ratings were taken from Bauer Financial.