First Commercial Bank is an affiliate of Synovus, a $25-billion diverse financial services holding company based in Columbus, Ga. Synovus is one of the largest financial institutions in the Southeast with 39 affiliate banks throughout Georgia, Florida, Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee and more than $21 billion in assets. Its complementary lines of business include investment management, trust, mortgage, leasing and insurance and a more than 80-percent ownership in TSYS, one of the world's leading processors of payment transactions. First Commercial offers personal and business banking and investment services. It also has trust services through Synovus Trust Company. First Commercial Bank is headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., and operates a branch in Chicago.