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Wachovia Corporation began on June 16, 1879, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the Wachovia National Bank. The bank was co-founded by James Alexander Gray and William Lemly. [10] In 1911, the bank merged with Wachovia Loan and Trust Company, "the largest trust company between Baltimore and New Orleans", [11] which had been founded on June 15 ...
The bank was renamed in the mid-1980s after a series of mergers. After being acquired by First Union Corporation, which later also acquired Wachovia National Bank to become Wachovia Corporation, CoreStates Financial Corporation became a part of Wells Fargo in 2008 when Wachovia (formerly known as First Union) was acquired by that company.
SouthTrust Corporation was a banking company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.In 2004, SouthTrust reached an agreement to merge with Wachovia in a stock-for-stock deal. At the time of the merger with Wachovia was completed, SouthTrust had $53 Billion in assets.
Berks County Trust Company (1964 as American Bank and Trust Co or American Bankcorp) Wells Fargo: 1941 Berks County Trust Company: Union National Bank (Pennsylvania) Berks County Trust Company (1964 as American Bank and Trust Co or American Bankcorp) Wells Fargo: 1943 Wilmington Trust: Union National Bank: Wilmington Trust [15] M&T Bank: 1948 ...
First Union later merged with Winston-Salem’s Wachovia and was bought by Wells Fargo after the bank nearly collapsed in the 2008 financial crisis. ... First Union bought the Newark, N.J., bank ...
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On May 31, 2007, the company announced that it would be acquired by Wachovia Corporation in a $6.8 billion deal. [6] On September 28, 2007, the company's shareholders voted in favor of the merger with Wachovia. The acquisition closed on October 1, 2007, and A.G. Edwards became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation. [7]
As of last December, Capital One is listed as the ninth largest U.S. bank, with consolidated assets of $475.6 billion, while Discover Bank is ranked at 27 with assets of $149.4 billion, according ...