South Financial Group, Inc., The

The South Financial Group, Inc., Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, is a bank holding company, which provides commercial, retail and private banking services, insurance, trust and investment management services to a diversified customer base. Through its bank subsidiary, Carolina First Bank, The South Financial Group, Inc. conducts banking operations in South Carolina and North Carolina, under the name Carolina First Bank and in Florida under the Mercantile Bank name.