First Community Corporation operates as a holding company for First Community Bank that provides various commercial and retail banking products and services to small-to-medium sized businesses, professional concerns, and individuals. It accepts various deposit products, including demand deposit accounts, checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings accounts, and other time deposits comprising daily money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposits. The company also offers commercial loans that consists of secured and unsecured loans for working capital, business expansion, and the purchase of equipment and machinery; consumer loans, such as secured and unsecured loans for financing automobiles, home improvements, education, and personal investments; real estate construction and acquisition loans; and fixed and variable rate mortgage loans. In addition it provides other banking services, which include Internet banking, cash management services, safe deposit boxes, travelers' checks, direct deposit of payroll and social security checks, and automatic drafts for various accounts. Further, the company provides non-deposit investment products and other investment brokerage services, VISA and MasterCard credit card services, and insurance services, as well as issues trust preferred securities. It offers its banking products and services through its main office in Lexington, South Carolina; and 11 full-service offices located in Lexington, Forest Acres, Irmo, Cayce-West Columbia, Gilbert, Chapin, Northeast Columbia, Prosperity, Newberry, and Camden. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Lexington, South Carolina.