Michigan National Bank

Michigan National Bank

Industry	Financial Services
Fate	merged with Standard Federal Bank
Successor	Bank of America N.A.
Founded	1940
Defunct	2001
Headquarters	Lansing, Michigan, USA
Key people	Howard J Stoddard, founder Stanford Stoddard, 1970s CEO Robert Mylod, final CEO
Parent	Michigan National Corp. National Australia Bank ABN AMRO

Michigan National Bank was a bank founded in Lansing, Michigan, which was established on 31 December 1940 when Howard J Stoddard consolidated six Michigan banks: First National Bank and Trust Company of Grand Rapids, First National Trust and Savings Bank of Port Huron, Lansing National Bank, Battle Creek's Security National Bank, National Bank of Saginaw and First National Bank of Marshall. It purchased and absorbed the National Bank of Flint in 1942.

After Howard Stoddard died suddenly in 1971, his son Stanford "Bud" Stoddard took over. When Michigan banking laws were loosened allowing for bank holding companies, Stanford Stoddard founded Michigan National Corporation (MNC) in 1972, based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This allowed co-owned but separately operated Michigan Bank N.A., located in Detroit, to be renamed Michigan National Bank of Detroit with MNC as its parent. By 1981, Michigan National had 27 affiliate banks.

In the early 1980s, Michigan National was caught up in the collapse of Penn Square Bank and Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company which forced the resignation of Stanford Stoddard in 1984. Robert J. Mylod became chairman and CEO of Michigan National in 1985. Mylod closed 140 of its 340 branches and shed half of its 700 ATMs. Loosened banking regulations in the late 1980s made MNC struggle to remain independent, but the loosened regulations allowed Michigan National to consolidate its banks into one bearing the Michigan National Bank name as the deregulation allowed for statewide branch banking in Michigan. In 1995, MNC was sold to National Australia Bank.

ABN AMRO announced on 22 November 2000, that it had signed a definitive agreement with National Australia Bank Ltd for the acquisition of MNC for USD 2.75 billion in cash. At the time, it had total assets amounting to USD 11.6 billion. MNC's primary subsidiary was Michigan National Bank with 3,600 employees, 184 branches and 332 ATMs. On 2 April 2001, MNC was acquired by ABN AMRO North America, Inc., the parent company of Troy, Michigan based Standard Federal Bank.

The 2001 acquisition created the second largest bank in Michigan as ranked by assets. When ABN AMRO merged Standard Federal Bank and Michigan National Bank, MNB's national bank charter was adopted and name of the bank was changed to Standard Federal Bank N.A. with effect from 9 October 2001. 59 overlapping branch offices were closed.[1] As a result of this merger, the Standard Federal Bank brand operated approximately 300 branches and 850 ATMs in the state of Michigan, more than any other financial institution.

As of 12 September 2005, Standard Federal Bank changed its name to LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A. which was acquired on 1 October 2007 (along with the rest of ABN AMRO North America) by Bank of America and the LaSalle branches became Bank of America branches on 5 May, 2008.

External links

• History of Michigan National Bank