ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. Completes Successful Consolidation of ChoiceOne Bank and The State Bank
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ChoiceOne Financial Services (NASDAQ: COFS) has successfully completed the consolidation of The State Bank into ChoiceOne Bank on March 14, 2025. This follows the March 1, 2025 merger of Fentura with ChoiceOne, creating a financial holding company with over $4 billion in assets and 56 offices across West, Central and Southeast Michigan.
Former Fentura CEO Ronald Justice, who will retire in April after serving since 2012, highlighted the merger's benefits for stakeholders and emphasized the natural geographical and cultural fit. Several senior officers from The State Bank will continue their employment with ChoiceOne Bank in various executive positions.
The consolidation, which took eight months to complete, aims to create efficiencies and new growth opportunities in Michigan's expanded network while maintaining seamless customer service.
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- Expanded presence to 56 offices across Michigan regions
- Increased asset size to over $4 billion
- Expected operational efficiencies from similar market overlap
- Retention of key senior executives from The State Bank
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- None.
News Market Reaction – COFS
On the day this news was published, COFS gained 0.35%, reflecting a mild positive market reaction.
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"We are pleased to close our consolidation of ChoiceOne Bank and The State Bank," said ChoiceOne CEO Kelly Potes. "Our teams at both banks have worked diligently over the last eight months to combine our banking operations and make this transition as seamless as possible and with limited disruption for our customers. Because of our similar markets, the consolidation presents many efficiencies and new growth opportunities in our expanded network in
On March 1, 2025, ChoiceOne announced the completion of the merger of Fentura with and into ChoiceOne. The combined organization is now a financial holding company with assets over
"Joining forces with ChoiceOne Bank presents a tremendous opportunity for our customers, communities, employees and shareholders," said former Fentura CEO and President Ronald Justice. "We believe this combination is a natural geographical and cultural fit and allows us to leverage our strengths with advanced technology and innovative services. It also gives us broader opportunities to support our communities with increased donations and volunteer hours complementing ChoiceOne's vision to be the Best Bank in
Justice will retire in April after serving as Fentura's CEO and President since 2012. These former senior officers of The State Bank will continue employment with ChoiceOne Bank: Thomas Hufton II, SVP, Wealth Management; Craig Johnson, SVP, Senior Lender Southeast Michigan and the Great Lakes Bay Region; Jeanne Richter, SVP, Chief Risk Officer; Kristy Schaffer, SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer; John Scott, SVP, Information Technology and Stacey Webb, SVP, Marketing, Innovation and Treasury Sales.
"Celebrating our name change today, we were honored to have officials from the
About ChoiceOne
ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in
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