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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 ...
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.
First Bank System, Inc. (CNB remained unchanged until after merger with U.S. Bancorp) U.S. Bancorp: 1993 Banc One Corp. Valley National Bank of Arizona: Banc One Corp. JPMorgan Chase: 1993 Bank of Boston Corp. South Shore Bank, Mechanics Bank, First Agricultural Bank of Boston Corp. Bank of America: 1993 First Union Corporation: Dominion Bank
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.
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. Some of Crutchfield’s deals were duds.
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 ...
Here are some of the biggest bank mergers and acquisitions in American history. ... Wachovia Corp. $15.1 billion. Aug. 28, 1995 ...
In 2006, they agreed to acquisition of Golden West Financial and its thrift, World Savings, by Wachovia Bank, The acquisition gave Wachovia an additional 285-branch network spanning 10 states. Wachovia greatly raised its profile in California, where Golden West held $32 billion in deposits and operated 123 branches. [ 10 ]