NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of Open, Transparent and Connected financial marketplaces, today announced CITBA Financial Corp. (OTCQX: CBAF), the bank holding company for Citizens Bank in Mooresville, Indiana, has qualified to trade on OTCQX®, the best marketplace.
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CITBA begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol "CBAF." U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.
"We are pleased to welcome CITBA to the family of established, shareholder-friendly banks on OTCQX," said R. Cromwell Coulson, President and CEO of OTC Markets Group. "OTCQX is an attractive alternative to a stock exchange for U.S. community and regional banks that allows them to leverage their existing regulatory and reporting process and provide shareholders with transparent trading and convenient access to their news and financial statements. We look forward to working with CITBA as it takes this next step in its development."
Stephen T. Mills, Chairman of the Board of CITBA and Citizens Bank, and Lynn T. Gordon, President and CEO of CITBA and Citizens Bank, said in a joint statement, "Our bank was chartered in 1931; like any company that is over 80 years old, CITBA Financial Corporation's shareholder base is changing and the need for shareholder liquidity is becoming more important. To satisfy this growing need, the corporation is joining the OTCQX marketplace with the goal of making our stock more accessible to all investors and to increase shareholder value over time."
Monroe Financial Partners Inc. serves as CITBA's Corporate Broker on OTCQX.
CITBA is a bank holding company whose principal activity is the ownership and management of Citizens Bank of Mooresville, Indiana. Citizens Bank receives deposits and makes commercial, mortgage and consumer loans to individuals and businesses located primarily in Morgan County, Indiana, and adjacent counties.
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