Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Overview of the Big 50 viii
5. Introduction: A Brief History of Banking in America 1
6. Banks, Holding Companies and Corporate Genealogies: Necessary Technical Talk 4
7. The Big 50
8. Ally Financial 10
9. American Express 16
10. American International Group 24
11. BancWest 28
12. Bank of America 36
13. Bank of New York Mellon 46
14. BB&T 54
15. BBVA Compass Bancshares 62
16. BMO Financial 70
17. BOK Financial 76
18. Capital One Financial 80
19. Charles Schwab 88
20. CIT Group 92
21. Citigroup 98
22. City National 104
23. Comerica 108
24. Deutsche Bank 114
25. Discover Financial 118
26. E*Trade 122
27. Fifth Third Bancorp 126
28. First Niagara 134
29. General Electric Capital 138
30. Goldman Sachs 142
31. HSBC North America 148
32. Hudson City Bancorp 154
33. Huntington Bancshares 158
34. John Deere Capital 164
35. JPMorgan Chase 168
36. KeyCorp 180
37. M&T Bank 188
38. Morgan Stanley 194
39. New York Community Bancorp 198
40. Northern Trust 202
41. People’s United Financial 206
42. PNC Financial Services 212
43. Popular 220
44. Principal Financial Group 224
45. RBS-Citizens Financial 228
46. Regions Financial 234
47. Santander Holdings USA 242
48. State Street 248
49. SunTrust Banks 252
50. Synovus Financial 260
51. TD Bank US Holding 268
52. U.S. Bancorp 276
53. UnionBanCal 284
54. USAA 292
55. Utrecht-America Holdings 296
56. Wells Fargo 300
57. Zions Bancorporation 308
58. Conclusion 316
59. Illustration Credits 318
60. Index 320
61. Acknowledgments 324