Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Farmers and Merchants Bank that provides commercial and retail banking services to individuals and businesses in Maryland. It offers checking, savings, money market, certificates of deposits and individual retirement, and sweep accounts, as well as remote check deposits, and repurchase agreements. The company also provides credit for residential mortgages, including federal housing administration and veterans affairs loans; construction loans; home equity lines; personal installment loans; and other consumer financing, as well as financing commerce and industry by providing credit and deposit services for small to medium size businesses and the agricultural community. In addition, it offers commercial lending, which includes commercial mortgages, land acquisition and development loans, lines of credit, accounts receivable financing, and term loans for fixed asset purchases, as well as loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture. Further, the company provides automated teller machine, internet, automated telephone services, online and mobile banking products, and other electronic banking services, as well as debit and credit cards. It operates through branches located in Hampstead, Greenmount, Reisterstown, Owings Mills, Eldersburg, and Westminster, Maryland. Farmers and Merchants Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Hampstead, Maryland.