- First Citizens BancShares
First Citizens BancShares, Incorporated is a
bank holding company headquartered in Raleigh,North Carolina . As of early 2007, it had $15.7 billion in assets and was the 48th largest bank holding company in the United States. [cite web
url=http://www.ffiec.gov/nicpubweb/nicweb/Top50Form.aspx
title=Top 50 bank holding companies
accessdate=2007-04-15
date=2007-03-31
publisher=Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ] The company has over 4431 employees.cite web
url=http://www.ibanknet.com/scripts/callreports/getbank.aspx?id=ibn1438&cert=1075612
title=Associated Banc-Corp
accessdate=2007-04-15
date=2007-02-27
work=Holding Companies
publisher=iBanknet.com]History
* 1898 - established as the First-Citizens Bank & Trust Companycite web
url=http://www2.fdic.gov/idasp/report_bhc.asp?inSortIndex=0&inCert1=1075612&period1=06/30/2006
title=Bank Holding Company Detail
accessdate=2007-04-15
date=2006-12-31
work=FDIC Institution Directory
publisher=Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ]
* 1971 - acquired The Haynes Bank of Cliffside, North Carolina
* 1974 - acquired The Bank of Coleridge inRamseur, North Carolina and The Bank of Commerce inCharlotte, North Carolina
* 1979 - acquired Bank of Conway inConway, North Carolina
* 1981 - acquired Commercial & Farmers Bank ofRural Hall, North Carolina and Commercial & Savings Bank ofBoonville, North Carolina
* 1983 - acquired Peoples Bank of North Carolina inMadison, North Carolina
* 1985 - acquired First State Bank ofWinterville, North Carolina , Farmers Bank ofPilot Mountain, North Carolina , and Farmers Bank of Sunbury in Sunbury, North Carolina
* 1990 - acquired Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association ofMonroe, North Carolina and North Carolina Savings and Loan Association, FA of Charlotte, North Carolina
* 1991 - acquired Mutual Savings and Loan Association of Charlotte, North Carolina and First Federal Savings Bank ofHendersonville, North Carolina
* 1993 - acquired Caldwell Savings Bank ofLenoir, North Carolina , Surety Federal Savings and Loan Association, FA ofMorganton, North Carolina , and Pioneer Savings Bank ofRocky Mount, North Carolina
* 1994 - acquired The Bank of Bladenboro inBladenboro, North Carolina , Edgecomb Homestead Savings Bank ofTarboro, North Carolina , and First Republic Savings Bank FSB ofRoanoke Rapids, North Carolina
* 1995 - acquired First Investors Savings Bank ofWhiteville, North Carolina and State Bank ofFayetteville, North Carolina
* 1996 - acquired First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company ofLawrenceville, Virginia , Peoples Savings Bank ofWilmington, North Carolina , and Summit Savings Bank ofSanford, North Carolina
* 1997 - acquired First Savings Bank of Rockingham County inReidsville, North Carolina
* 1998 - acquired First Citizens Bank & Trust Company ofWhite Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
* 2003 - acquired Avery County Bank ofNewland, North Carolina Subsidiaries
Fidelity bank
References
External links
* [http://www.firstcitizens.com/ Official site]
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