EXHIBIT 21

Subsidiaries of United Community Banks, Inc.

Subsidiary	State of Organization
United Community Bank	Georgia
NLFC Holdings Corp.	Delaware
Navitas Credit Corp.	Florida
Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC	Delaware
Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC 2015-1	Delaware
Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC 2015-2	Delaware
Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC 2016-1	Delaware
Liberty Financial Group, Inc.	Pennsylvania
NLFC Reinsurance Ltd.	Turks & Caicos
United Community Insurance Services, Inc.	Georgia
Union Holdings, Inc.	Nevada
Union Investments, Inc.	Nevada
United Community Development Corporation	Georgia
UCB North Georgia Properties, Inc.	Georgia
UCB Metro Properties, Inc.	Georgia
UCB Coastal Properties, Inc.	Georgia
UCB Tennessee Properties, Inc.	Tennessee
UCB North Carolina Properties, Inc.	North Carolina
UCB South Carolina Properties, Inc.	South Carolina
UCB Real Estate Investments, Inc.	Georgia
UCB Metro Real Estate Investments, Inc.	Georgia
UCBI Georgia Credits LLC	Georgia

United Community Payment Systems, LLC (50% owned by United Community Bank)	Delaware
Southern Bancorp Capital Trust I	Delaware
United Community Risk Management Services, Inc.	Nevada
Tidelands Statutory Trust I	Delaware
Four Oaks Statutory Trust I	Delaware
HCSB Financial Trust I	Delaware