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A May 2007 New York Times article described Wachovia's negligence in screening and taking action against companies linked with identity theft. With stolen identities, the companies used unsigned checks to remove funds from personal Wachovia bank accounts.
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.
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Here are some of the biggest bank mergers and acquisitions in American history. ... Bank of New York. Mellon Financial Corp. $18.4 billion. Oct. 3, 2008. Wells Fargo. Wachovia Corp. $15.1 billion ...
Fidelity Union Bancorporation merged with First National Bank of New Jersey, and the combined company became known as First Fidelity Bank the next year. That company would later merge with First Union , which in turn was acquired by Wachovia , which was sold to Wells Fargo after the 2008 financial crisis.
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 (First Union Securities), investment advisory, home equity lending, asset-based lending, leasing, insurance, international and ...
The New York-based bank also reported earnings per share of $1.50, up 22% year-over-year, generated a record $3.4 billion in fees, up from $3.2 billion in Q3 of last year, and had a net income of ...
At the time, the new firm had client assets of $532.1 billion, making it the nation's third largest full service retail brokerage firm based on assets. [11] Prudential, which had been looking to sell its brokerage division, sought to use the joint venture's larger brokerage network to market its insurance products, while Wachovia sought to ...