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Our success means your success.

CNLBank serves the needs of business owners, professionals, real estate developers and investors with traditional commercial lending and investments as well as mortgage products.  Our market-based strategy is first and foremost directed to business customers who want a personal banking relationship with an experienced banker who has the authority to make decisions and the lending capacity to meet their needs. 

The single most important factor that distinguishes CNLBank is our commitment to provide trusted advisors to clients in the markets we serve.  It is in the banker’s hands, not the name on the door, that our clients safely place their money and trust.  At CNLBank, we take that fiduciary responsibility seriously – and personally.  We know firsthand that our success means your success.

Historical Highlights:

• Alliance Bank was founded in 1997 with one office in downtown Orlando.
• James M. Seneff, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNL Financial Group, Inc., acquired controlling interest of Alliance Bank in 1999.
• Shortly after acquiring Alliance Bank, Mr. Seneff renamed the bank and formed CNLBancshares, Inc.
• In June, 2001, C. Michael Collins was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of CNLBancshares, Inc.
• Sandra G. Hostetter was promoted to the role of President of CNLBank in December, 2003, making her the first female bank president in Central Florida.
• CNLBank introduced its Residential Lending division in January, 2004.
• CNLBank’s Latin Banking Group/Grupo Bancario Latino, a division devoted to serving the needs of the Hispanic community, was formed in August, 2005.
• In November, 2005, CNLBancshares, Inc. chartered its second subsidiary.  CNLBank, First Coast, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, marked the company’s first expansion outside its Central Florida headquarters.
• In July, 2006, CNLBancshares, Inc. acquired Capital Management Group, an investment management firm previously headquartered in Winter Park, Florida.
• During Mr. Collins’ tenure, CNLBancshares, Inc. has grown from two offices in Central Florida with total assets of $100 million to $1.4 billion in assets with offices located in Central Florida, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale and Naples.
• In 2007, CNLBancshares, Inc. chartered its third banking subsidiary, CNLBank, Southwest Florida, headquartered in Naples.
• CNLBancshares, Inc.'s goal is to become a multi-bank holding company with significant commercial bank operations in every major metropolitan market in Florida.