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Evolve Bank & Trust Opens Mortgage Loan Production Office in Carrollton, Texas

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 18, 2010 — Evolve Bank & Trust announces the opening of a Mortgage Loan Production Office in Carrollton, Texas. This is the first Evolve Bank & Trust Loan Production Office in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex and is expected to employ 20 people.

Evolve Bank & Trust currently operates three full-service branches and 10 mortgage loan production offices in 11 states.

"We're excited to expand our mortgage division into the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex," said B. Scot Lenoir, chairman of Evolve Financial Group, Inc., the Bank's holding company. "We've assembled a great team of experience mortgage professionals from the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and we look forward to building strong relationships with the community through expanded market share."

Lead team members include Frank Cortese (Mortgage Loan Production Office Manager) and Roy McGregor (Production Manager) with a combined experience in mortgage lending of 15 years.

"It's a privilege to be able to offer such a stable foundation to mortgage professionals who value being part of a fiscally healthy, growing and visionary depository institution," said McGregor.

This Mortgage Loan Production Office is located at 2245 Keller Way, Suite 200 in Carrollton, Texas. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 214-483-2600 or visit http://www.evolvelpo.com/carrollton.

About Evolve Financial Group, Inc.:

Evolve Financial Group, Inc. (http://www.getevolved.com) is the Memphis, Tenn.-based holding company of Evolve Bank & Trust. Founded in Arkansas and chartered in 1925, Evolve Bank & Trust specializes in delivering personalized relationship-based services through banking and trust offices throughout the United States. Evolve Bank & Trust is focused on providing banking, mortgage services, trust services, investment and wealth management services.

Contact:

Roy McGregor
Production Manager
Evolve Bank & Trust Loan Production Office
Phone: + 1 877 327 8450

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