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Harleysville National Corporation (NASDAQ:HNBC) was a Harleysville, Pennsylvania-based regional banking corporation insured by the FDIC. It offered consumer and commercial banking, and wealth management services. The corporation operated its banks under the Harleysville National Bank brand.
It was founded by local entrepreneur Alvin Alderfer on October 28, 1909. In 2004, Harleysville National Corporation completed the acquisition of and merger with Millennium Wealth Management, and in 2006, acquired the Cornerstone Companies. These acquisitions allowed for the company to expand its wealth management services. In 2007, it completed the acquisition of East Penn Bank and Willow Financial Bank. East Penn Bank was a community bank of the Lehigh Valley founded in 1990 and headquartered in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. Harleysville paid $92.7 million or $14.50 a share for East Penn Bank in an all-stock transaction. It kept the East Penn Bank branches branded as East Penn Bank, and they became a wholly owned subsidiary. Harleysville has a branch network of over 80 offices throughout ten counties in eastern Pennsylvania operated under the Harleysville National and East Penn brands. [1]
On July 27, 2009, First Niagara Bank agreed to acquire the company in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $237 million or $5.50 per share. The deal provided First Niagara with $5.6 billion in assets, including $3.6 billion in loans and $4.1 billion in deposits in 83 bank branches across nine Eastern Pennsylvania counties. First Niagara acquired all of Harleysville National Bank which also operates East Penn Bank, Millennium Wealth Management and Cornerstone Companies.
First Niagara intended to maintain all Harleysville National and East Penn branches, and the Pennsylvania company's growing commercial banking and wealth-management business. Harleysville's workforce totals over 1,100 employees.
Bank One Corporation was the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2004. The company had its headquarters in the Bank One Plaza in the Chicago Loop in Chicago, Illinois, now the headquarters of Chase's retail banking division.
U.S. Bancorp is an American bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of U.S. Bank National Association, and is the fifth largest banking institution in the United States. The company provides banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and other financial institutions. It has 3,106 branches and 4,842 automated teller machines, primarily in the Western and Midwestern United States. It is ranked 117th on the Fortune 500, and it is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board. The company also owns Elavon, a processor of credit card transactions for merchants, and Elan Financial Services, a credit card issuer that issues credit card products on behalf of small credit unions and banks across the U.S.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is an American bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, which operates in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington DC.
HSBC Bank Canada, formerly the Hongkong Bank of Canada (HBC), is a Canadian chartered bank and the Canadian subsidiary of British multinational banking and financial services company HSBC. HSBC Canada is the seventh largest bank in Canada, with offices in every province except Prince Edward Island, and is the largest foreign-owned bank in the country. The corporate headquarters are located at the HSBC Canada Building in the downtown core's financial district of Vancouver, British Columbia. HSBC Bank Canada's Institution Number is 016.
PlainsCapital Bank, a subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc., is one of the largest independent banks in Texas with approximately $11.8 billion in assets. PlainsCapital operates more than 60 branches in Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Lubbock, San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley. The bank, which is led by CEO Jerry Schaffner, employs about 1,200 people.
M&T Bank Corporation is an American bank holding company headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It operates 780 branches in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. M&T is ranked 519th on the Fortune 500 list based on 2021 revenues. Until May 1998, the bank's holding company was named First Empire State Corporation.
National City Corporation was a regional bank holding company based in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, founded in 1845; it was once one of the ten largest banks in America in terms of deposits, mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Subsidiary National City Mortgage is credited for doing the first mortgage in America. The company operated through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Wisconsin, and also served customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses included commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance, and asset management. The bank reached out to customers primarily through mass advertising and offered comprehensive banking services online. In its last years, the company was commonly known in the media by the abbreviated NatCity, with its investment banking arm even bearing the official name NatCity Investments.
Marine Midland Bank was a bank formerly headquartered in Buffalo, New York, with several hundred branches throughout the state of New York. In 1998, branches extended to Pennsylvania. It was acquired by HSBC in 1980, and changed its name to HSBC Bank USA in 1999. As a result of several transactions since the turn of the millennium, much of what was once Marine Midland is now part of KeyBank with the exception of Downstate New York and Pennsylvania. that is now part of Citizens Bank. branches in Seattle are part of Cathay Bank.
First Horizon Corporation is a bank holding company based in Memphis, Tennessee. Its banking subsidiary, First Horizon, is the largest bank in Tennessee and the fourth largest regional banking company in the Southeast. Founded in 1864, and is dedicated to helping their clients, communities and associates unlock their full potential with capital and counsel. The company provides a comprehensive suite of financial products and services including consumer, small business and commercial banking and lending, mortgage services, wealth management, insurance and trading services. In November 2019, First Horizon Corporation and Lafayette, Louisiana-based IberiaBank Corporation agreed to merge. The merger closed July 2, 2020. The combined bank is based in Memphis, Tennessee, and uses the First Horizon name.
First Union Corporation was a bank holding company that provided commercial and retail banking services in eleven states in the eastern U.S. First Union also provided various other financial services, including mortgage banking, credit card, investment banking, investment advisory, home equity lending, asset-based lending, leasing, insurance, international and securities brokerage services and private equity, through other subsidiaries. In September 2001, First Union completed their acquisition of Wachovia National Bank to become Wachovia Corporation, which used to be one of the largest financial holding companies in the US. As of the end of 2000, First Union had over $171 billion of total assets, over 70,000 employees and 2,193 branches. After their acquisition of Wachovia, they assumed the name and stock ticket symbol of the latter company.
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China Banking Corporation, commonly known as China Bank, is a Filipino bank established in 1920. It was the first privately owned local commercial bank in the Philippines initially catering to the banking needs of Chinese Filipino businesspeople. It offers various banking services and products related to deposit, investment, trust, cash management, remittance, and financing products and services. It also offers insurance brokerage and bancassurance services through its subsidiary and affiliates.
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First Bank System was a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional bank holding company that operated from 1864 to 1997. What was once First Bank forms the core of today's U.S. Bancorp; First Bank merged with the old U.S. Bancorp in 1997 and took the U.S. Bancorp name.
National Penn Bancshares, Inc. was an American financial services corporation, with assets of approximately $9.6 billion. National Penn operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in three states with more than 130 branches, as well as online and mobile services. It also operated a trust company and a wealth management division.
