BCT-Bank of Charles Town Voted 2023 "Best of the Best" for Bank, Mortgage Company, Loan Service, and Financial Planning by Journal-News Readers

December 29, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, WV, December 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ (OTC:PTBS) BCT-Bank of Charles Town, also known as The Community’s Bank, is pleased to announce it has been voted a 2023 Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards recipient in four financial services categories: Bank, Mortgage Company, Loan Service, and Financial Planning/Service Company.
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“I am extremely proud of our BCT Team for being deemed the ‘best’ by our clients and community,” stated Alice P. Frazier, President and CEO.  “To be selected by our neighbors is the highest honor while at the same time  humbling to be considered their most trusted financial partner in the Eastern Panhandle. We will celebrate and cherish this honor.”  

The Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards is an annual reader poll conducted by the Martinsburg Journal-News. Readers may vote once per day for approximately two weeks for their favorite businesses in categories including Entertainment and Travel, Food and Dining, Health and Beauty, Home and Garden, Services, Shopping, Vehicles, and Other.  Each category includes sub-categories, such as under Services is listed Banks. There are two rounds of voting.  The first round is a nomination round that narrows each category to no more than five businesses.  The final round of voting determines the winner and two finalists or runners-up.  

To see a full list of the 2023 Best of the Best Readers’ Choice Awards winners, click here. This links to the Martinsburg Journal-News list of winners.

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About the Company

Potomac Bank, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Potomac Bancshares, Inc., was founded in 1871 as Bank of Charles Town and renamed Potomac Bank on November 3, 2025. The Company’s total assets were $976 million as of March 31, 2026. The Bank conducts operations through its nine-branch network and one loan production office serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Washington County, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. The Bank offers comprehensive financial solutions through its consumer and commercial banking divisions, Trust, Wealth, and BCT Investments divisions, and its Residential Lending mortgage division. The Bank is also proud to serve its communities as a Small Business Administration (SBA) Preferred Lender. Over the past several years, the Bank has received numerous awards and recognitions, including American Banker’s “Top 200 Community Banks” and “Best Banks to Work For”, the Journal-News “Best of the Best” award, and the LoudounNow “Loudoun’s Favorite” award. 

The Company's shares are quoted on the OTCID marketplace under the symbol "PTBS." For more information about the Bank, please visit our website at www.potomac.bank.

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