West Town Bancorp, Inc. (WTWB – OTC Pink).
Background With $555 million in assets, West Town Bancorp, Inc. is the Raleigh, NC based multi-bank holding company for West Town Bank & Trust, a North Riverside, IL based state-chartered bank and Sound Bank, a Morehead City, NC based state-chartered bank. West Town Bank & Trust provides banking services through its offices in Illinois, while Sound Bank provides banking services through its offices in North Carolina. Primary deposit products are checking, savings, and time certificate accounts, and primary lending products are residential mortgage, commercial, and installment loans. Additionally, both banks engage in Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA and USDA) activities as well as mortgage banking activities and, as such, originate and sell loans from multiple states into the secondary markets. Finally, through Windsor Advantage, LLC (“Windsor”), the Company also provides a platform to other banks and credit unions to assist…