Citizens Bancshares Corporation is a holding company. The Company provides a range of commercial banking to individual and corporate customers in its primary market areas, metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham and Eutaw, Alabama through its wholly owned subsidiary, Citizens Trust Bank (the Bank). The Bank operates under a state charter and serves its customers through its full-service branches in metropolitan Atlanta, Birmingham, Alabama, and in Eutaw, Alabama. Its banking services include checking, savings, credit card, commercial baking and others. Its borrowing services include home loan solutions, home equity line of credit, personal loans, home loans and others. The Bank also provides various online and mobile banking products. Its commercial loans include vehicle and equipment loans, business loans, VISA classic business credit cards, investments and CDARS.