BCT-The Community's Bank Voted Loudoun's Favorites for Bank, Mortgage Company, Financial Planner, and Banker

July 26, 2024
CHARLES TOWN, WV, July 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ (OTC:PTBS) BCT-Bank of Charles Town, also known as The Community’s Bank in the Northern Viginia and Washington, DC metro area, announced it was voted WINNER in the 2024 Loudoun’s Favorite poll in four financial services categories: Bank, Mortgage Company, Banker (Alice Frazier), and Financial Planner (Mary Szabat). BCT was also voted RUNNER-UP as Mortgage Broker (Steve Cowen).
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“We are extremely honored and humbled to be voted ‘winner’ and ‘runner-up’ in multiple categories of Loudoun’s Favorites,” stated Alice P. Frazier, BCT President and CEO.  “Such recognition is entirely due to our terrific employees who foster relationships that simplify our clients’ financial lives. This approach has been at the heart of BCT’s philosophy for over 153 years and we intend it to keep it that way.  Much thanks to our good friends and neighbors in Loudoun for this wonderful honor.”  

Loudoun’s Favorite is an annual readers’ poll conducted by LoudounNow, a locally-owned newspaper serving Loudoun County, Virginia.  Readers vote for approximately one month for their favorite people, places, and businesses in more than 200 categories. The nominees are grouped into six sections: Community, Food and Drink, Places, Health and Wellness, People, and Businesses.

To see a full list of the 2024 Loudoun’s Favorites winners, click here.  
(Direct link:  https://www.loudounnow.com/news/loudoun-s-favorites-2024-the-readers-recommendations/article_15f174b6-4a01-11ef-873f-135da012b1e4.html )

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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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