Exhibit 99.1

Xenith Bankshares, Inc. Reports Second Quarter and

First Half 2014 Results, Loan Growth of 24%

RICHMOND, VA, August 6, 2014 — Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: XBKS), parent company of Xenith Bank, a business-focused bank serving the Greater Washington, D.C., Richmond and Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia markets, today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014.

On June 30, 2014, the company completed the previously announced merger of Colonial Virginia Bank (“CVB”) with and into Xenith Bank, with Xenith Bank being the surviving bank. The transaction is reflected in the company’s consolidated balance sheet; however, because the transaction was completed after the close of business on June 30, 2014, there was no contribution of earnings from CVB in the second quarter.

Xenith Bankshares recorded a net loss of $205 thousand, or ($0.02) per common share, in the second quarter of 2014 , compared to net income of $552 thousand, or $0.05 per common share, in the second quarter of 2013. The net loss in the second quarter of 2014 was driven by merger-related costs (pre-tax $428 thousand) and a fraud loss from an ACH transaction (pre-tax $205 thousand). For the first six months of 2014, net income was $50 thousand, or $0.00 per common share, which includes merger-related costs (pre-tax $634 thousand), and the before-mentioned fraud loss (pre-tax $205 thousand) compared to $970 thousand, or $0.09 per common share, for the first six months of 2013. Results for the first half of 2014 reflected an effective income tax rate of 81% primarily resulting from the non-deductibility of certain merger-related transaction costs. Additionally, accretion from acquired loan discounts was lower for the second quarter and first half of 2014 compared to the same periods in 2013.

T. Gaylon Layfield, III, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented: “Xenith’s core loan growth was strong in the first half of 2014. Through June our annualized loan growth was 22%, excluding loans acquired in the CVB transaction. CVB added an additional $70 million of loans to our balance sheet. We continue to focus sharply on lending to commercial and industrial and commercial real estate customers in our targeted markets, while building a balanced and diversified loan portfolio funded primarily by core deposits. Each investment we make is evaluated based on its meeting or exceeding our risk-adjusted return hurdles.”

“We are pleased to have completed the acquisition of CVB as planned on June 30, 2014. The addition of CVB will allow us to continue to leverage our infrastructure over a larger asset base to accelerate earnings growth. We are also pleased to bring more sales focus to the Hampton Roads market.”

Layfield continued: “While our first two quarters of the year include considerable noise from non-recurring costs, our operating earnings have improved as we have grown loans and discount accretion had a reduced impact on net interest income and margin. We are certainly disappointed Xenith was targeted for fraudulent ACH activity, but we believe the vulnerability that allowed this Internet banking activity to occur has been corrected.”

Second Quarter and First Half 2014 Highlights

Operating Results

Income Statement

Total interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $6.71 million compared to $6.10 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013. For the three-month period, total interest income reflected average interest-earning assets of $682.7 million compared to $539.1 million in the same period of 2013. For the first six months of 2014, total interest income was $13.04 million compared to $12.29 million for the first six months of 2013. For the first six months, interest income reflected average interest-earning assets of $661.2 million compared to $543.9 million for the comparable 2013 period. Despite higher average interest-earning asset balances, asset yields in the first six months of 2014 were 3.95% compared to 4.52% in the comparable 2013 period. These declines were primarily due to downward interest rate pressure and lower accretion of fair value adjustments from acquired loans. Accretion from acquired loans decreased to $139 thousand in the three months ended June 30, 2014 from $498 thousand in the three months ended June 30, 2013, and to $278 thousand in the first six months of 2014 from $999 thousand in the first six months of 2013.

Total interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2014 was $961 thousand compared to $851 thousand for the three months ended June 30, 2013. Average interest-bearing liabilities in the three-month period of 2014 increased to $531.6 million from $401.9 million in the comparable 2013 period. Despite higher average balances, the cost of total liabilities declined to 0.72% in the three-month period of 2014 from 0.85% in the comparable period of 2013, as the company re-priced interest-bearing deposit accounts and added noninterest-bearing demand deposit accounts. For the first six months of 2014, total interest expense was $1.83 million compared to $1.79 million for the first six months of 2013. Average interest-bearing liabilities in the first six months of 2014 increased to $508.6 million from $406.6 million in the comparable 2013 period. The cost of total liabilities declined to 0.72% in the first six months of 2014 from 0.88% in the first six months of 2013.

Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses was $5.15 million in second quarter of 2014 compared to $5.25 million in the second quarter of 2013. Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses was $10.38 million in the first half of 2014 compared to $10.09 million in the first half of 2013. Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses in the 2014 periods was affected by margin pressure and lower accretion on acquired loans. Higher provision expense was the result of loan growth and the level of past due loans in the company’s guaranteed student loan portfolio. Net interest income after provision for loan and lease losses in the second quarter of 2014 reflected $602 thousand in provision expense compared to $4 thousand of provision expense in second quarter of 2013, while loan and lease loss provision expense in the first half of 2014 was $830 thousand compared to provision expense of $415 thousand in the first half of 2013. During the first six months of 2014, net loan growth, including approximately $70 million in loans acquired in the CVB transaction, was $129.7 million compared to a net decline of $4.4 million in the first six months of 2013.

Net interest margin in second quarter 2014 was 3.37% compared to 3.90% in second quarter 2013. Net interest margin for the first six months of 2014 was 3.39% compared to 3.86% for the first six months of 2013. Net interest margin pressure caused by the continued low interest rate environment, especially for loans, and a decline in accretion from acquired loans negatively impacted the company’s net interest margin in the 2014 periods.

Total noninterest income was $262 thousand in the second quarter of 2014 compared to a $373 thousand in the second quarter of 2013. Service charges on deposit accounts for the three months ended June 30, 2014 increased 22% compared to the three months ended June 30, 2013. For the first six months of 2014, noninterest income was $580 thousand compared to $1.03 million for the first six months of 2013. Income from service charges increased 32% in the first six months of 2014 compared to the comparable 2013 period. Noninterest income in the both periods of 2014 includes a $32 thousand bargain purchase gain related to the CVB acquisition, an amount that is subject to change as the company finalizes its purchase accounting adjustments. Noninterest income in the 2013 periods included a net gain on the sale of collateral, as well as net gains from the sale of securities.

Noninterest expense in the second quarter of 2014 was $5.61 million compared to $4.79 million in the second quarter of 2013. The increase in noninterest expense was the result of merger-related costs associated with the CVB transaction, costs associated with the outsourcing of the servicing of the company’s guaranteed student loan portfolio, and the ACH fraud loss. With respect to the fraud loss, the company has filed a claim with its insurance carrier for recovery of this loss, net of the deductible, but cannot predict the outcome or timing of any recovery. First half 2014 noninterest expense was $10.70 million, compared to $9.63 million in the first half of 2013. When excluding merger-related costs, guaranteed student loan servicing costs, and the ACH fraud loss (total of $1.16 million), noninterest expense in the six months ended June 30, 2014 was flat when compared to the comparable 2013 period.

Income tax expense in the second quarter of 2014 was $8 thousand, or a (4%) effective rate, and $216 thousand, or an 81% effective rate, for the first half of 2014. The high effective rate of tax in the 2014 periods is due to the non-deductibility of certain CVB merger-related transaction costs.

Balance Sheet

Loans after allowance for loan and lease losses grew to $666.2 million at June 30, 2014 from $536.5 million at December 31, 2013, which includes approximately $70 million of loans acquired in the CVB transaction. Net loan balances at June 30, 2014 included $91.7 million of guaranteed student loans purchased in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. As of June 30, 2014, the company’s participation in a mortgage warehouse lending program, increased to $23.7 million compared to $3.4 million at December 31, 2013. Prior to June 30, 2014, these loans were categorized as loans held for sale on the company’s balance sheet. Beginning with June 30, 2014, these loans are included as loans held for investment and all prior periods presented reflect this reclassification.

Securities available for sale were $73.9 million at June 30, 2014, including $17.4 million acquired in the CVB transaction compared to $69.2 million at December 31, 2013. Securities held to maturity were $9.3 million at June 30, 2014. Total securities as a percentage of the company’s total assets were 9.4% at June 30, 2014.

Total assets were $883.4 million at June 30, 2014, including $114.4 million of assets acquired in the CVB transaction, compared to $679.9 million at December 31, 2013.

Deposits grew to $757.2 million at June 30, 2014 from $569.2 million at December 31, 2013, which includes approximately $101 million of deposits assumed in the CVB transaction.

Layfield commented: “With respect to interest rate risk, we have taken a long-term view and the influence of the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing, which is anticipated by many to end in October 2014. We have been cautious about long-term fixed rate lending and adding fixed-rate securities to our portfolio. The majority of our loans have floating rates tied to prime or Libor and are funded by core deposits. In late 2013, we invested excess liquidity into guaranteed student loans that, on average, are nearly 98% U.S. government guaranteed, are 20% risk weighted, and generally re-price every 90 days was designed to align with our asset and liability management strategies.”

Asset and Credit Quality

At June 30, 2014, the ratio of nonperforming assets to total assets was 0.95%, the ratio of nonperforming assets to total loans was 1.25%, and the ratio of the company’s allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) to nonaccrual loans was 84.41%. Asset quality measures were negatively affected by the CVB acquisition. Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans were 0.01% as of June 30, 2014. The company’s ALLL as a percentage of total loans was 0.89% at June 30, 2014, and this measure excluding guaranteed student loans was 0.91%.¹ Provision for loan and lease losses on guaranteed student loans is calculated on that portion of carrying values that is not covered by the U.S. Government guarantee. ALLL plus remaining discounts (fair value adjustments) on acquired loans as a percentage of total loans was 1.96% as of June 30, 2014.¹

Capital and Shareholder Value Measures

Capital ratios remained above regulatory standards for “well-capitalized” banks, with a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 11.27%, a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 11.86%, and a total risk-based capital ratio of 12.81% at June 30, 2014.

Total shareholders’ equity was $99.4 million at June 30, 2014 compared to $87.7 million at December 31, 2013. The increase in equity was primarily the result of the equity contributed in the CVB acquisition. Tangible book value¹ at June 30, 2014 was $6.21 per share of common equity compared to $6.10 at December 31, 2013. Return on average assets was (0.11%) for the second quarter of 2014 compared to 0.15% for the first quarter of 2014. Return on average common equity was (1.01%) for the second quarter of 2014 compared to 1.27% for the first quarter of 2014.

Outlook

Layfield concluded: “We are pleased to have completed our acquisition of CVB and look forward to its contributions to Xenith as we leverage our platform. In executing our strategic plan and business model, we continue to anticipate solid organic loan and deposit growth with an eye towards thoughtful and prudent acquisitions. As I have stated before, while industry overcapacity and pricing are of concern, we continue to be optimistic that we will deliver on our strategic plan.”

Profile

Xenith Bankshares, Inc. is the holding company for Xenith Bank. Xenith Bank is a full-service, locally-managed commercial bank, specifically targeting the banking needs of middle market and small businesses, local real estate developers and investors, private banking clients, and select retail banking clients. As of June 30, 2014, the company had total assets of $883.4 million, total deposits of $757.2 million, and total shareholders’ equity of $99.4 million. Xenith Bank’s target markets are Greater Washington, DC, Richmond, VA, and Greater Hampton Roads, VA metropolitan statistical areas. The company is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia and currently has eight branch locations in Tysons Corner, Richmond, Suffolk and Gloucester, Virginia and one loan production office in Gloucester, Virginia. Xenith Bankshares common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “XBKS.”

For more information about Xenith Bankshares and Xenith Bank, visit our website: https://www.xenithbank.com/

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements made in this press release reflect beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future events or results, taking into account the information currently available to Xenith Bankshares, Inc. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations may change as a result of many possible events, circumstances or factors, not all of which are currently known to Xenith Bankshares. If a change occurs, Xenith Bankshares’ business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations and prospects may vary materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements include the risks discussed in Xenith Bankshares’ public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including those outlined in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of Xenith Bankshares’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and under “Risk Factors” in Xenith Bankshares’ proxy statement/prospectus (Registration No. 333-195108) that was filed with the SEC on April 30, 2014 with respect to the merger of CVB with and into Xenith Bank. Except as required by applicable law or regulations, Xenith Bankshares does not undertake, and specifically disclaims any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statement.

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Contact:

Thomas W. Osgood

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,

Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer

(804) 433-2209

tosgood@xenithbank.com

-Selected Financial Tables Follow-

XENITH BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF JUNE 30, 2014 AND DECEMBER 31, 2013

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

XENITH BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 AND 2013

(Unaudited)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

XENITH BANKSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 AND 2013

(Unaudited)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except per share data)

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) as a percentage of gross loans excluding guaranteed student loans, ALLL plus discounts on acquired loans as a percentage of gross loans, and tangible book value per share are supplemental financial measures that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. Management believes that ALLL as a percentage of gross loans excluding guaranteed student loans, and ALLL plus discounts on acquired loans are meaningful because they are two measures we use to assess our asset quality. Management believes that tangible book value per common share is meaningful because it is one of the measures we use to assess capital adequacy. Set forth above are reconciliations of each of these non-GAAP financial measures calculated and reported in accordance with GAAP. Book value is the same as shareholders’ equity presented on our consolidated balance sheets. Our calculations of these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to the calculation of similarly titled measures reported by other companies.