Cardinal Financial Corporation is a financial holding company whose activities consist of investment in its wholly owned subsidiaries. The principal operating subsidiary of the Company is Cardinal Bank (the Bank), a state-chartered institution and its subsidiary, George Mason Mortgage, LLC (George Mason), a mortgage banking company based in Fairfax, Virginia. The Company has also acquired Wilson/Bennett Capital Management, Inc. (Wilson/Bennett), an asset management firm. The Company also owns Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc. (CWS), an investment services subsidiary. It acquired certain fiduciary and other assets and assumed certain liabilities of FBR National Trust Company, formerly a subsidiary of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc.