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Brittany Chester Bynum

Advisor at COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.

Greenville, SC | SPARTANBURG, SC

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 4
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jun 23, 2014 to Sep 15, 2026

Across DFX

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Facts

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Current firm: COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.
Current firm class: independent wealth managerderived
Book size: not publicno per-advisor AUM is published by the SEC, FINRA or IAPD, and DFX estimates none
Industry start: Aug 1, 2013earliest registration or exam on IAPD
Years in industry: 13derivedfrom the industry start date
Years at current firm: 1derivedfrom the current registration's begin date
Prior firms: 3
Current registrations: 1
Registered states: 1
Exams: S66
First exam: Jun 21, 2014
First registration: Jun 23, 2014
Dual registered: no
Other names: BRITTANY L CHESTER|BRITTANY LAUREN CHESTER|Brittany C Bynum|Brittany Bynum
IAPD individual key: 6058560

Registration history

registration spans on IAPD; the basis says whether the span is a current registration or a prior employment record

Firm	Class	Began	Ended	Current	Branch	Basis
COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.	Independent wealth	Jun 19, 2025	n/a	yes	SPARTANBURG, SC\|Greenville, SC	Current employment
FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Mar 23, 2018	Oct 15, 2024	no	Greenville, SC	Previous registration
FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Former SEC adviser	Nov 17, 2016	Mar 28, 2018	no	GREENVILLE, SC	Previous registration
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	Wirehouse	Jun 23, 2014	Nov 11, 2016	no	CHARLOTTE, NC\|CHARLOTTE, NC	Previous registration

Moves

a move is two registration dates; a bulk corporate re-registration is typed BULK_TRANSFER and is not a move

From	To	Left	Joined	Gap, days	Kind	Move type
FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.	Oct 15, 2024	Jun 19, 2025	247	Firm change	RIA to RIA
FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC	Mar 28, 2018	Mar 23, 2018	-5	Firm change	Other
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS	FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	Nov 11, 2016	Nov 17, 2016	6	Firm change	Other

Team moves

moves this advisor made together with colleagues (two or more registrations ending and beginning together)

Team	Left	Joined	From	Kind
139887:145460:SC:2018-03-28	Mar 28, 2018	Mar 23, 2018	GREENVILLE, SC	Firm change

Relationships

Registered with (4)

→ COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.Registered adviserregistration: current employment
Jun 19, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
→ FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2018 to Oct 15, 2024factForm ADV
→ FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Nov 17, 2016 to Mar 28, 2018factForm ADV
→ WELLS FARGO ADVISORSRegistered adviserregistration: previous registration
Jun 23, 2014 to Nov 11, 2016factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 15, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brittany Chester Bynum left Fintrust Capital Advisors, Llc for Colonial Trust Advisors, Inc. (registered 2025-06-19)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:ac74ae61-1bb4-889c-8a4f-1edb4f0c6a93
First observed: Jun 23, 2014
Last observed: Sep 15, 2026 5 days ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
1 registered feed stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

Brittany Chester Bynum

Advisor at COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.

Greenville, SC | SPARTANBURG, SC

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Data as of Sep 15, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Firm

Class

Began

Ended

Current

Branch

Basis

COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.

Independent wealth

Jun 19, 2025

n/a

yes

SPARTANBURG, SC|Greenville, SC

Current employment

FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Mar 23, 2018

Oct 15, 2024

Greenville, SC

Previous registration

FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Former SEC adviser

Nov 17, 2016

Mar 28, 2018

GREENVILLE, SC

Previous registration

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

Wirehouse

Jun 23, 2014

Nov 11, 2016

CHARLOTTE, NC|CHARLOTTE, NC

Previous registration

From

Left

Joined

Gap, days

Kind

Move type

FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

COLONIAL TRUST ADVISORS, INC.

Oct 15, 2024

Jun 19, 2025

247

Firm change

RIA to RIA

FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

FINTRUST CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

Mar 28, 2018

Mar 23, 2018

-5

Firm change

Other

WELLS FARGO ADVISORS

FINTRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Nov 11, 2016

Nov 17, 2016

Firm change

Other

Team

Left

Joined

From

Kind

139887:145460:SC:2018-03-28

Mar 28, 2018

Mar 23, 2018

GREENVILLE, SC

Firm change