Franklin Bank Corp. is a savings and loan holding company. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Franklin Bank, S.S.B. (Franklin Bank or the bank), the Company provides community banking products and services and commercial banking services to corporations and other business clients, and originates single-family residential mortgage loans. As of December 31, 2006, in addition to its corporate offices in Houston, Texas, the Company had 38 community banking offices in Texas, seven regional commercial lending offices in Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, Washington D.C., and mortgage origination offices in 19 states throughout the United States. Effective January 1, 2006, its operations are managed along two segments: Banking and Mortgage Banking. Banking services are concentrated in community banking and commercial lending product lines. Mortgage Banking supports its community banking business. In May 2007, it acquired The First National Bank of Bryan.