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Top Line-of-Business Deals Announced in 2001

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Top Line-of-Business Deals Announced in 2001
Top Line-of-Business Deals
Announced in 2001

Published February 12, 2002

CREDIT CARD PORTFOLIOS/OPERATIONS

Buyer 

Seller 

Announcement Date 

Closed (or status) 

Price ($000) 

Assets involved ($000)  

1 Bank One Corp. Chicago Wachovia Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. 9-Apr 27-Jul NA $7,500,000
2 Wachovia Corp. Charlotte, N.C. Bank One Corp. Chicago Sept. 7 Pending NA 1,300,000
3 Citigroup Inc. New York People’s Bank Bridgeport, Conn. 6-Apr 6-Apr $526,000 426,000
4 MBNA Corp. Wilmington, Del. Abbey National PLC London 19-Mar 19-Mar 413,000 349,000
5 Metris Cos. Inc. Minnetonka, Minn. Provident Financial Group Inc. Cincinnati Aug. 20 Pending NA 160,000
6 Hudson United Bancorp Mahwah, N.J. Transamerica Finance Corp. Los Angeles 22-Mar 31-Mar 160,400 157,000
7 Undisclosed acquirer Chittenden Corp. Burlington, Vt. Feb. 15 Feb. 15 43,630 39,000
8 American Express Co. New York BSB Bancorp Inc. Binghamton, N.Y. Nov. 1 Pending NA 11,200
9 Citigroup Inc. New York Canadian Tire Corp. Toronto 2-Mar 2-Mar 87,400 NA
10 Fishback Financial Corp. Brookings, S.D. Sterling Bancorp Inc. Southfield, Mich. Oct. 10 Pending NA NA
11 Undisclosed acquirer Warwick Community Bancorp Inc. Warwick, N.Y. Oct. 31 Pending NA NA

INSURANCE LINES/AGENCIES

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000)  
1 Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. ABD Insurance and Financial Services Inc. Redwood City, Calif. Dec. 19 Pending 200,500 NA
2 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Itasca, Ill. Unified Financial Services Inc. Lexington, Ky. Dec. 17 Dec. 17 9,200 NA
3 First Financial Corp. Terre Haute, Ind. Forrest Sherer Inc. Terre Haute, Ind. 22-Mar 30-Apr 8,500 NA
4 Oak Hill Financial Inc. Jackson, Ohio Innovative Financial Services Inc. Jackson, Ohio Aug. 1 Aug. 31 2,700 NA
5 Sussex Bancorp Franklin, N.J. Tri-State Insurance Agency Inc. Augusta, N.J. Oct. 1 Oct. 1 2,450 NA
6 Pacific Century Financial Corp. Honolulu Hawaii’s Insurance Network 26-Jun 26-Jun 1,627 NA
7 Indiana United Bancorp Greensburg, Ind. Vollmer & Associates Inc. Brookville, Ind. Jan. 12 1-Apr 1,043 NA
8 First Charter Corp. Charlotte, N.C. Hoffman & Young Inc. Charlotte, N.C. 1-Jul 1-Jul 900 NA
9 NB&T Financial Group Inc. Wilmington, Ohio Bacon Agencies Wilmington, Ohio 3-May 3-May 865 NA
10 CoBiz Inc. Denver Milek Insurance Services Inc. Denver 1-Mar 1-Mar 778 NA
11 Hawarden Bancshares Inc. Hawarden, Iowa G-W Insurance Services Inc. Hawarden, Iowa 7-Mar 31-Mar 325 165
12 TIB Financial Corp. Key Largo, Fla. BonData Co. Fort Myers, Fla. Sept. 25 Sept. 25 321 NA
13 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Acordia Inc. Minneapolis 8-Mar 1-May NA 866,000
14 First Tennessee National Corp. Memphis Synaxis Group Inc. Nashville Dec. 10 Dec. 31 NA 275,000

INVESTMENT ADVISORY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston Liberty Financial Cos. Boston 4-Jun Nov. 1 1,010,000 51,000,000
2 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco H.D. Vest Inc. Irving, Tex. 23-Mar 2-Jul 127,500 183,000
3 Bank of Montreal Toronto Guardian Capital Group Limited 15-May Pending 126,000 NA
4 Amvescap PLC London National City Corp. Cleveland 1-Mar 18-Apr 90,300 NA
5 Wintrust Financial Corp. Lake Forest, Ill. Wayne Hummer Inc. Chicago Dec. 26 Pending 28,000 4,100,000
6 Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga. Creative Financial Group Ltd. Atlanta Jan. 16 Feb. 28 26,086 940,000
7 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta Asset Management Advisors Jupiter, Fla. 28-Mar 28-Mar 22,000 NA
8 First Republic Bank San Francisco Starbuck, Tisdale & Associates Santa Barbara, Calif. Dec. 17 Pending 13,000 NA
9 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta Citigroup Inc. New York 14-May 27-Jul 11,900 NA
10 Boston Private Financial Holdings Taylor Investments Inc. Concord, N.H. Jan. 8 Feb. 28 10,500 535,000
11 PennRock Financial Services Blue Ball, Pa. National Advisory Group Inc. Dresher, Pa. Jan. 11 19-Mar 6,900 150,000
12 Bank of New York Co. Inc. New York Hoenig Group Inc. Rye Brook, N.Y. Nov. 29 Pending 4,750 NA
13 Camden National Corp. Camden, Maine Gouws Capital Management Inc. Portland, Maine 7-May 19-Jul 2,120 400,000
14 Boston Private Financial Holdings Kanon Bloch Carre Boston 29-Jun Sept. 27 2,000 NA
15 ebank.com Inc. Atlanta Peachtree Capital Corp. Atlanta Dec. 31 Pending 950 100,000
16 UNB Corp. Canton, Ohio Rownd Financial Advisors Corp. North Canton, Ohio 13-Jun 15-Jun 551 NA
17 Commonwealth Bancshares Inc. Shelbyville, Ky. SMC Capital Inc. Louisville, Ky. Feb. 15 15-Mar 125 NA
18 Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh Standish, Ayer & Wood Boston 26-Apr 31-Jul NA 41,000,000
19 State Street Corp. Boston Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. Columbus, Ohio 17-Jul Pending NA 25,000,000

LOAN PORTFOLIOS

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh National Bank of Canada Montreal Nov. 15 Pending 1,696,000 1,600,000
2 Patriarch Partners LLC New York Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Toronto Oct. 30 Oct. 30 400,718 657,151
3 Educational Funding of the South Inc. Knoxville, Tenn. First Tennessee National Corp. Memphis 5-Mar 2-Apr 353,000 342,000
4 Undisclosed acquirer Hamilton Bancorp Inc. Miami Oct. 4 Oct. 4 22,300 38,300
5 Dickinson Financial Corp. Kansas City, Mo. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Washington 24-May 24-May 3,735 3,830
6 U.S. Home Systems Inc. Lewisville, Tex. Southwest Securities Group Inc. Dallas Oct. 11 Oct. 11 2,000 NA
7 Progressive Financial Services McKenzie, Tenn. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Washington 13-Mar 13-Mar 643 4,486
8 Beal Bank SSB Dallas Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Washington 8-Jun 8-Jun 293 578
9 Textron Inc. Providence, R.I. SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta 5-Jun 5-Jun NA 400,000
10 Undisclosed acquirer Coast to Coast Financial Corp. Las Vegas Feb. 13 Feb. 13 NA 400,000
11 W Holding Co. Inc. Mayaguez, P.R. First Union Corp. Charlotte, N.C. 15-Jun 15-Jun NA 325,000

MORTGAGE BANKING OPERATIONS

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle National Australia Bank Ltd. Melbourne Dec. 11 Pending 1,920,000 1,895,000
2 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York Advanta Corp. Spring House, Pa. Jan. 8 Feb. 28 1,600,000 15,800,000
3 Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston 2-Apr 1-Jun 660,000 143,900,000
4 NetBank Inc. Roswell, Ga. Resource Bancshares Mortgage Group Inc. Columbia, S.C. Nov. 19 Pending 151,371 1,158,461
5 NetBank Inc. Roswell, Ga. Republic Bancorp Inc. Owosso, Mich. 16-Apr 29-Jun 19,933 NA
6 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Bingham Financial Services Corp. Birmingham, Mich. 22-May 13-Jun 8,571 1,200,000
7 Staten Island Bancorp Inc. New York First Financial Inc. Wellesley, Mass. 6-Mar 6-Mar 6,500 NA
8 Community Bankshares Inc. Orangeburg, S.C. Resource Mortgage Inc. Columbia, S.C. Oct. 3 Oct. 31 1,145 NA
9 Pocahontas Bancorp Inc. Pocahontas, Ark. Southern Mortgage Corp. Tulsa, Okla. 17-Jul Pending 950 NA
10 National Bancshares Inc. Bettendorf, Iowa FirstCity Mortgage Corp. Bettendorf, Iowa 2-Mar 6-Jun 520 NA
11 Mountainbank Financial Corp. Hendersonville, N.C. Premier Mortgage Associates Inc. Greenwood, S.C. 27-Apr Pending 460 NA
12 American Home Mortgage Holdings Inc. New York Commonwealth Bancorp Inc. Norristown, Pa. Feb. 9 30-Mar 30 NA
13 PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh TRI Capital Corp. San Francisco 15-May Oct. 17 NA 1,800,000

SERVICING PORTFOLIO

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 Ocwen Financial Corp. West Palm Beach, Fla. New Century Financial Corp. Irvine, Calif. 1-Mar 30-Mar 19,700 4,800,000
2 Ocwen Financial Corp. West Palm Beach, Fla. Metropolitan Mortgage and Securities Co. Spokane, Wash. 18-Apr 18-Apr NA 1,800,000
3 Undisclosed acquirer 1st Source Corp. South Bend, Ind. Jan. 17 5-Apr NA 1,000,000
4 Wilshire Financial Services Group Portland, Ore. Life Financial Corp. Riverside, Calif. Feb. 27 Feb. 27 NA 500,000
5 Wilshire Financial Services Group Portland, Ore. Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati 16-Jul 16-Jul NA 178,000
6 Bank of New York Co. Inc. Mavricc Management Systems Inc. Greenwich, Conn. Aug. 9 Aug. 9 NA NA
7 Investor group San Mateo, Calif. Bay View Capital Corp. San Mateo, Calif. 22-Jun 22-Jun NA NA

SECURITIES BROKERAGE

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 Royal Bank of Canada Toronto Tucker Anthony Sutro Corp. Boston Aug. 1 Oct. 31 $625,000 NA
2 Bank of Montreal Toronto CSFB Direct New York Nov. 28 Pending 520,000 NA
3 E-Trade Group Inc. Menlo Park, Calif. Dempsey & Co. Chicago Aug. 29 Oct. 1 173,500 NA
4 Ameritrade Holding Corp. Omaha Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt 31-Jul Sept. 6 154,000 $6,300,000
5 Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco Aitken Campbell & Co. Glasgow Jan. 31 15-May 87,000 NA
6 E-Trade Group Inc. Menlo Park, Calif. Web Street Inc. Deerfield, Ill. 21-May Aug. 6 32,000 NA
7 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh Dec. 21 Pending NA 6,000,000

SPECIALTY FINANCE

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 ABN Amro North America Inc. Chicago ING Groep NV Amsterdam Jan. 30 30-Apr 275,000 263,000
2 Capital One Financial Corp. Falls Church, Va. PeopleFirst Inc. San Diego Sept. 21 Oct. 15 167,500 NA
3 Capital One Financial Corp. Falls Church, Va. AmeriFee Southborough, Mass. 9-May 9-May 81,500 NA
4 National City Corp. Cleveland ABN Amro North America Inc. Chicago 28-Jun 28-Jun 48,500 NA
5 Affiliated Computer Services Dallas National City Corp. Cleveland 12-Jul Aug. 29 43,000 NA
6 Allied Irish Banks Ltd. Dublin Community Counselling Service Co. Inc. New York 23-Mar 17-May 43,000 1,000
7 Sterling Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. Equipment Finance Inc. Lititz, Pa. Nov. 5 Pending 30,000 70,000
8 Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. Capco Financial Co. Inc. Bellevue, Wash. 15-Mar 30-Mar 9,900 28,000
9 Sterling Financial Corp. Spokane, Wash. Source Capital Corp. Spokane, Wash. 27-Jun Sept. 28 9,743 NA
10 Gold Banc Corp. Inc. Leawood, Kan. Ott Financial Corp. Wichita, Kan. 30-Mar 30-Mar 2,700 NA
11 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Conseco Inc. Carmel, Ind. Jan. 31 Jan. 31 NA 860,000
12 Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. Center Capital Corp. Farmington, Conn. 15-Mar 15-Mar NA 260,000

TRUST SERVICES

Buyer  Seller  Announcement Date  Closed (or status)  Price ($000)  Assets involved ($000) 
1 Bank of New York Co. Inc. Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco 18-Apr 1-Jun NA 348,000,000
2 Bank of New York Co. Inc. FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston 6-Mar 6-Mar NA 15,700,000
3 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco SIFE Walnut Creek, Calif. Aug. 30 Pending NA 789,000
4 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. Southeastern Trust Co. Greenville, S.C. Aug. 29 Nov. 8 12,000 700,000
5 Camden National Corp. Camden, Maine Acadia Trust Portland, Maine 7-May 19-Jul 3,180 400,000
6 Northwest Bancorp Inc. Warren, Pa. Heritage Trust Co. Erie, Pa. Jan. 30 27-Apr NA 300,000
7 Bank of New York Co. Inc. Central Bancompany Jefferson City, Mo. Nov. 8 Pending NA 250,000
8 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Midland Trust Co. NA Midland, Tex. 7-Apr 7-Apr NA 10,000

©2002 American Banker
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