issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2013 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources fidelity southern corporation news newspapers books scholar jstor free images january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message fidelity southern corporation type public traded as nasdaq lion 1 industry financial services founded 1973 2 headquarters atlanta ga number of locations 45 branches december 2014 key people james miller chairman & ceo products retail banking commercial banking mortgage sba trust services indirect lending operating income us 101 667 million 2014 3 net income us 138 754 million 2014 3 total assets us 3.1 billion 2014 3 total equity us 264 951 million 2014 3 number of employees 1117 2014 4 website www.fidelitysouthern.com fidelity southern corporation is a registered financial holding company headquartered in atlanta georgia . 5 it wholly owns fidelity bank a state chartered bank which offers a wide range of commercial banking products . it also wholly owns lionmark insurance company an insurance agency aimed to provide consumer credit . 4 as of december 31 2014 the company had 3.1 billion in total assets 265.0 million in total stockholders equity 2.5 billion in deposits and 2.6 billion in total loans . 6 fidelity bank provides an array of financial products and services for business and retail customers primarily in the metropolitan atlanta and northern florida markets and online at https www.lionbank.com . mortgage loans indirect automobile loans and small business administration sba loans are provided in twelve southern states . 6 history edit in 1973 the bank was founded as a dekalb county based bank receiving the organizing certificate and offered stock . 7 in 1979 fidelity southern corporation holding company and fidelity national mortgage corporation fnmc were formed . 7 in 1983 fidelity southern corporation was granted trust powers . 7 in 1992 fidelity national capital investors inc. a full service brokerage firm was formed . 7 in 1993 fidelity southern corporation entered the indirect lending business with the creation of the dealer services department . 7 in 1994 fidelity southern corporation began trading on nasdaq on october 31 1994 under the symbol lion . 7 in 2011 fidelity bank acquired assets and deposits of decatur first bank from fdic on october 21 2011 . 7 in 2012 fidelity bank acquired assets and deposits of security exchange bank on june 15 2012 . 7 in 2015 fidelity bank acquired assets and deposits of the bank of georgia on october 2 2015 . 8 references edit traded symbols foundation time . a b c d http google.brand.edgar online.com displayfilinginfo.aspx filingid 10553371 136258 144406 & type sect & tabindex 2 . missing or empty title help a b http www.google.com finance q nasdaq lion http google.brand.edgar online.com displayfilinginfo.aspx filingid 9164795 9020 79459 & type sect & tabindex 2 & companyid 1521 & ppu % 252fdefault . aspx % 253fsym % 253dlion a b http google.brand.edgar online.com displayfilinginfo.aspx filingid 10553371 9231 72741 & type sect & tabindex 2 & companyid 1521 & ppu % 252fdefault . aspx % 253fcompanyid % 253d1521 a b c d e f g h history fidelity bank acquires assets and deposits of the bank of georgia in fdic transaction . october 2 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https 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