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Metropolitan National Bank in New York is changing its name and ditching its national charter.
December 5 -
Carolina Premier Bank in Charlotte, N.C., is planning to swap its state charter for a national bank charter and change its name.
December 3 -
Territorial Savings Bank in Honolulu plans to shed its federal charter and become a state-chartered savings bank.
November 4 -
Flushing Financial in Lake Success, N.Y., is set to convert to a bank.
January 23
The New York State Department of Financial Services has approved three banks to convert to state charters.
Gouverneur Savings and Loan Association, Mahopac National Bank, and
Eleven banks have now moved to New York charters since the DFS was founded in 2011, the release said.
"We are seeing an increasing number of banks covert to New York charters, which is a trend we expect to continue," Superintendent of Financial Services Benjamin Lawsky said in the release. "As a state banking regulator, we are accessible, responsive, and familiar with the needs and local markets of New York's community banks."
Gouverneur Savings and Loan Association is a $144 million-asset bank. Mahopac National has roughly $980 million of assets. New York's Metropolitan National has $625 million of assets.