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Research on identifiable banking institutions, their franchises, funding, lending and parent-company boundaries.
Largest bank-level assets first · June 30, 2026. Profiles without comparable bank-level data appear last.
Bank of Hope combined community-bank roots with Territorial Savings in Hawaii. On October 1, 2026, its parent announced completion of another expansion: SMBC MANUBANK’s commercial banking unit.
ServisFirst built a commercial bank around experienced local teams and a concentrated branch network. Its correspondent and credit-card businesses extend its reach through other community banks.
CrossFirst brought Busey into new western markets and moved the parent company’s headquarters to Kansas. The bank merger and later leadership decisions followed their own timelines.
From Cleveland’s Slavic Village, Third Federal built a mortgage franchise whose public parent remains controlled by a mutual holding company. Its loans, funding and rate-reset options explain that unusually focused business.
Community Bank’s New York roots now sit inside a four-business financial group. Its Santander branch purchase and completed ClearPoint acquisition expanded different parts of that franchise.
Enterprise grew from a Missouri entrepreneurs’ bank through California acquisitions and specialized lending and deposits. A later branch purchase expanded Arizona and Kansas City, while 2026 results showed the cost of two troubled commercial credits.
Northwest combined two Pennsylvania banks with its own in July 2025. The deal enlarged a business spanning household and commercial lending, and changed how its subsequent earnings should be compared.
Toyota Financial Savings Bank began with banking services for the Toyota and Lexus network. A transition of new Mazda financing to the bank added another role within Toyota’s wider financial-services business.
The Southern States merger extended FirstBank’s Tennessee-centered franchise in 2025. Its history combines local acquisitions, metropolitan expansion and mortgage production that is largely sold to other investors.
John Massey’s investment in a Durant bank developed into a family-led banking franchise across Oklahoma and Texas. First United combines everyday banking and home finance with a distinctive, explicitly values-based approach to its public identity.
Bank of the Pacific joined Banner on September 1, 2026, with systems conversion planned for November. The deal builds on a western franchise shaped by AmericanWest and lending to businesses, property owners, farms and homebuyers.
Salisbury and Evans widened NBT’s Northeast banking network. Retirement administration, wealth management and insurance also contribute to the Norwich-based group, whose acquisition-led growth needs to be read separately from new lending.
Live Oak built national small-business banking from Wilmington without a traditional branch network. Specialist lending, government-guaranteed loan sales and online deposits connect its operating model to both growth and continuing credit exposure.
Safra’s U.S. institution combines deposits and secured lending with a wider network of investment services. Its Latin American relationships grew through acquisitions, including the Delta transaction completed in 2023.
The April 2026 merger widened Sunflower’s franchise. FirstSun then reduced acquired assets and expensive funding, so the opening pro forma deal size and June bank balance sheet describe different stages.
Nicolet’s 2026 acquisition enlarged its Upper Midwest business. The later Denver branch sale and the customer conversion schedule show how legal closing, financial consolidation and operating integration followed different timetables.
First Financial’s locally managed Texas network is preparing its first full-service Austin-area branch. The expansion follows a 2026 chief-executive transition and a new name for the separate wealth business.
Bell joined a Fargo bank to an older Minneapolis mortgage business, then broadened into insurance and equipment finance. Family and employee ownership remains central to the company’s account of its growth.
BNB survived the 2021 merger under the Dime name. The bank became Dime Commercial Bank on June 2, 2026. Business lending is growing alongside a substantial property portfolio.
The Bronx branch opened in 1961. A 2014 refocusing and 2018 rebrand shaped a mainland bank with specialized lending businesses. Its results remain separate from Popular’s Puerto Rico operation.
Bank of America California is a distinct San Francisco national bank within the larger group. Between December 2024 and June 2026, its gross loans declined while cash increased.
The Business Bank of St. Louis became Stifel Bank when its acquisition closed in August 2018. It remains a separate charter from Stifel Bank & Trust. Brokerage cash and specialist business deposits help fund the wider banking platform.
Founded by Frank Sorrentino in 2005, ConnectOne expanded through bank combinations. The First of Long Island merger closed June 1, 2025; systems conversion was reported complete in July. Property lending remained central to the larger bank.
A national commercial-banking structure follows decades of U.S. expansion. Healthcare transactions and private-client services show how the New York bank works across markets.
The Dallas bank funds other lenders and businesses through several distinct channels. Its parent’s September equity raise followed lower first-half bank earnings.
Comenity Capital Bank, a Utah industrial bank, became Bread Financial's only bank on October 1, 2026, when it absorbed Comenity Bank. It issues the group's store and co-branded cards, makes Bread Pay loans and holds Bread Savings deposits.
BMW’s insured U.S. bank combines dealership lending with CD funding. A 2026 receivables sale also shows how it participates in the wider auto-finance group.
The latest merger filing expects the First Carolina acquisition in the first quarter of 2027. The North Carolina bank entered the proposed deal with loan growth and stronger earnings.
An acquired bank entered BancFirst’s own balance sheet in February 2026. A separate SpiritBank transaction won regulatory approval in September, while June accounts showed higher earnings and more noncurrent loans.
Dollar’s 1855 savings-bank roots led to a mutual holding company and regional acquisitions. Standard Bank joined the parent in 2021 and merged into Dollar Bank in 2022; the surviving bank’s June 2026 accounts show a property-heavy loan book.
PlainsCapital expanded from a one-branch purchase through Texas openings, a failed-bank transaction and a Houston acquisition. Within Hilltop, banking, mortgage and securities businesses sit within different reporting boundaries, which matter when reading the June 2026 results.
Park’s February 2026 Tennessee merger drove most of its first-half loan and deposit growth. Its history also includes a fair-lending settlement whose original obligations and later company disclosures need to be kept distinct.
The January 2026 Vista acquisition enlarged NBH Bank’s Texas business. A single Colorado charter supports several regional brands, while the parent’s latest release describes a separate 2UniFi bank and a trust business now within NBH.
The former LendingClub bank adopted Happen in June 2026. Its business combines deposits and retained loans with investor distribution, now including more than $10 billion of cumulative structured-program loan sales reported in September.
After integrating CenterBank, First Commonwealth earned more on a slightly smaller loan book. Lower borrowing and a wider interest margin accompanied higher realized credit losses.
Columbia’s completed conversion and Northfield merger enlarged the New Jersey franchise. Its June deposit growth included stock-subscription money, creating an unusual pre-merger baseline.
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