Superregional Banks Industry Competitors

BancWest knows which direction it's heading. The subsidiary of French banking group BNP Paribas is the holding company for Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank....

Big, Bold & Temerarious? That might be an apt description of BB&T, the wildly acquisitive banking company that's been spreading across the Southeast like kudzu. The company serves consumers, small to midsized businesses, and government entities through about 1,500 branches....

Citibank represents the US banking operations of financial services giant Citigroup. The unit has more than 1,000 branches in about a dozen states; California and Texas are its primary markets, but the bank also has a significant presence in and around New York, Chicago, Miami, and Washington, DC....

If you have a cosigner, Comerica will be your copilot. Organized into three business lines, the bank holding company's Business Bank division focuses on business and asset-based lending to middle-market, large corporate, and government entities; it offers lines of credit and international trade finance, among other services....

C'mon to Commerce Bancshares if you're looking for the company that owns Commerce Bank, which operates some 350 locations in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, and Colorado through multiple bank charters. It also runs a credit card-issuing bank in Nebraska....

The needle of this Compass points south. Compass Bancshares is the holding company for Compass Bank, which operates some 400 branches in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas. Compass offers such services as deposit accounts, credit cards, discount brokerage, lease financing, employee benefit plans, and insurance sales; it also offers wealth management and other services....

Fifth Third Bancorp wants to be first in the hearts and minds of its customers. The holding company operates more than 1,200 Fifth Third Bank branches in the Midwest and Southeast. It operates through five segments: branch banking, commercial banking, processing solutions, consumer lending, and investment advisors....

First Citizens BancShares knows the first thing about banking in several states. The company owns First-Citizens Bank & Trust, which operates some 340 branches in North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia; it also owns IronStone Bank, which has about 55 branches in nine states primarily located in the Sun Belt and along the West Coast....

First Horizon would like to be the first bank people think of in the Volunteer State. The company operates more than 200 First Tennessee Bank branches in its home state and First Horizon Bank branches elsewhere in the South. It provides various financial services through three primary business segments: Retail and Commercial Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Capital Markets....

HSBC USA, a subsidiary of British banking behemoth HSBC Holdings, operates HSBC Bank USA. With some 400 offices, the bank has one of the largest branch networks in New York State, plus more than 50 additional locations in about a dozen other states and Washington, DC....

Financial services giant KeyCorp has the clout of mean Henry Potter of Bedford Falls, but wants to be the sweet George Bailey of bankers. With a focus on relationship banking and retail operations, flagship subsidiary KeyBank operates more than 950 branches (KeyCenters) in more than a dozen states....

Old National Bank is old, but not national. Founded in 1834, the main subsidiary of Old National Bancorp operates more than 110 offices in Indiana (home to more than three-quarters of Old National Bank's deposits), Illinois, and Kentucky. The bank offers retail and other banking services to consumers and business customers....

Regions Financial ain't just whistling Dixie anymore. Already a top financial services firm in the South, the holding company for Regions Bank and other units fortified its foothold there and expanded into the Midwest with its blockbuster merger with Union Planters in 2004....

Sovereign Bancorp reigns supreme in the Northeast. One of the largest US thrifts, it rules from north of Boston to south of Philadelphia with about 750 branches in 8 states. Catering to individuals and small to midsized businesses, its Sovereign Bank subsidiary offers deposit products, credit cards, insurance, and investments, as well as commercial loans and mortgages (which account for more than half of its total portfolio) and residential mortgages and home equity loans (around a third)....

Coca-Cola, fast cars, and SunTrust Banks -- this Sun Belt financial holding company is southern to its core. Its eponymous flagship subsidiary SunTrust Bank operates more than 1,680 bank branches across an arc of about a dozen southeastern states, including Alabama, the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Virginia, plus Washington, DC....

Like the river it shares a name with, Susquehanna Bancshares rolls down the eastern seaboard. The multibank holding company serves individuals and regional businesses through more than 230 branches in south-central and southeastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, and West Virginia....

Synovus has a nose for community banking. The holding company owns about 40 banks offering deposit accounts and consumer and business loans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Through around 450 locations, the banks and other Synovus subsidiaries provide deposits, loans, credit cards, insurance, and asset management services....

Some say the West was won by ranching; TCF Financial is winning by branching. TCF is the holding company for TCF National Bank, which offers banking services through an ever-expanding branch network in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin....

Not quite a bank for the entire US, U.S. Bancorp has more than 2,500 locations and almost 5,000 branded ATMs in two dozen midwestern and western states. The bank holding company, one of the 10 largest in the country, owns U.S. Bank and other subsidiaries that provide consumer and commercial banking, as well as mortgage banking, wealth management, corporate payment services, equipment leasing, trust services, and insurance....

Whether you're in NorCal or SoCal, you can call on UnionBanCal. Its Union Bank of California subsidiary has some 325 branches in its home state as well as offices in Oregon, Washington, and Asia. UnionBanCal's retail banking segment offers checking and savings accounts, investments, and loans....