Mergers by Year

Bank Mergers in 1973

96 banks were acquired or merged into another institution in 1973, according to the Federal Reserve's National Information Center (NIC). NIC recorded 101 merger records in 1973 against 125 in 1972.

Banks acquired

NIC, banks as the acquired side

Credit unions merged

NIC, credit unions as the acquired side

Holding companies

Bank holding companies merged

101

All merger records

1973 in US banking ›

Largest bank mergers of 1973

Ranked by the acquired bank's total assets at its last call report before the effective date.

Effective	Acquired bank	State	Assets	Acquirer
Dec 31, 1973	The Liberty National Bank of Pittston	PA	—	Summit Bank
Dec 31, 1973	Houston State Bank	MS	—	Union Planters Bank of Mississippi
Dec 31, 1973	Charter Bank	CA	—	United California Bank
Dec 31, 1973	Imperial Valley National Bank	CA	—	(unnamed)
Dec 31, 1973	The First Citizens Bank	OH	—	Bank One, Middletown
Dec 31, 1973	The Citizens National Bank of Newport	PA	—	CCNB Bank, National Association
Dec 31, 1973	Lincoln Bank	CA	—	SMBC Manubank
Dec 31, 1973	The Security Bank	SC	—	First National Bank of South Carolina
Dec 29, 1973	Tri-Valley National Bank	PA	—	Meridian Bank
Dec 17, 1973	National Bank of Agriculture	CA	—	American National Bank
Dec 12, 1973	Bank of Elizabethtown	NC	—	Wachovia Bank, National Association
Dec 7, 1973	The Farmers State Bank of Lyons Ohio	OH	—	The Peoples Savings Bank Company
Dec 1, 1973	Bank of Commerce of Poplarville	MS	—	Hancock Whitney Bank
Dec 1, 1973	The Amelia State Bank	OH	—	First National Bank of Clermont County
Dec 1, 1973	Pascack Valley Bank and Trust Company	NJ	—	Citizens First National Bank of New Jersey

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Every merger recorded in 1973

101 NIC merger records in 1973 involve a bank, credit union or bank holding company on at least one side, newest first.

Date	Acquired institution	State	Acquirer
Dec 31, 1973	The Liberty National Bank of Pittston	PA	Summit Bank
Dec 31, 1973	C.I.T. Financial Services, Inc. of Carrolltown	LA	CIT Group Inc.
Dec 31, 1973	The Citizens National Bank of Newport	PA	CCNB Bank, National Association
Dec 31, 1973	Houston State Bank	MS	Union Planters Bank of Mississippi
Dec 31, 1973	Imperial Valley National Bank	CA	(unnamed)
Dec 31, 1973	Charter Bank	CA	United California Bank
Dec 31, 1973	Lincoln Bank	CA	SMBC Manubank
Dec 31, 1973	The Security Bank	SC	First National Bank of South Carolina
Dec 31, 1973	The First Citizens Bank	OH	Bank One, Middletown
Dec 29, 1973	Tri-Valley National Bank	PA	Meridian Bank
Dec 17, 1973	National Bank of Agriculture	CA	American National Bank
Dec 12, 1973	Bank of Elizabethtown	NC	Wachovia Bank, National Association
Dec 7, 1973	The Farmers State Bank of Lyons Ohio	OH	The Peoples Savings Bank Company
Dec 1, 1973	First National Bank in Montgomery	NY	Norstar Bank of the Hudson Valley, National Association
Dec 1, 1973	Pascack Valley Bank and Trust Company	NJ	Citizens First National Bank of New Jersey
Dec 1, 1973	Bank of Commerce of Poplarville	MS	Hancock Whitney Bank
Dec 1, 1973	The Amelia State Bank	OH	First National Bank of Clermont County
Nov 30, 1973	Bank of Oxford	MS	Union Planters Bank of Northwest Mississippi
Nov 17, 1973	County Trust Company	NJ	First Fidelity Bank, National Association, County
Nov 17, 1973	The First National Bank of Dexter	NY	Key Bank of Northern New York National Association
Nov 15, 1973	The Vinton Banking Company	OH	The First National Bank of Gallipolis
Nov 1, 1973	The Cambridge Valley National Bank	NY	Arrow Bank N.A.
Oct 29, 1973	The Conway National Bank	MA	Old Colony Bank of Franklin County, National Association
Oct 27, 1973	Farmers' Bank & Trust Company of Indiana, Pa.	PA	PNC Bank, N.A.
Oct 25, 1973	Bank of Olive Branch	MS	Cadence Bank
Oct 23, 1973	The Utica Savings Bank Company	OH	The Park National Bank
Oct 15, 1973	Bankers Trust of South Carolina	SC	NCNB National Bank of South Carolina
Oct 6, 1973	Citizens State Bank	WA	Security Pacific Bank Washington, N.A.
Oct 1, 1973	Merchants & Farmers Bank	NC	Southern Bank and Trust Company
Sep 30, 1973	Citizens Bancshares of Florida, Inc.	FL	First Union Corporation of Florida
Sep 29, 1973	The First National Bank of Newark Valley	NY	NBT Bank, N.A.
Sep 29, 1973	Bank of Texas	TX	Allied Bank of Texas
Sep 19, 1973	West Side Savings Bank	KY	Star Bank, National Association, Campbell County
Sep 10, 1973	The Rebersburg National Bank	PA	Omega Bank
Sep 1, 1973	Farmers State Bank	UT	Tracy-Collins Bank and Trust Company
Sep 1, 1973	The Freedom National Bank	PA	The Century National Bank and Trust Company
Aug 31, 1973	The County National Bank of Bennington	VT	Chittenden Trust Company
Aug 18, 1973	First New Jersey Bank	NJ	United Jersey Bank/Franklin State
Aug 1, 1973	First Virginia Bank of the Peninsula	VA	First Virginia Bank of the Peninsula
Aug 1, 1973	Carbon Emery Bank	UT	Zions Bancorporation, N.A.
Aug 1, 1973	Bank of Fulton County	GA	First Georgia Bank
Aug 1, 1973	The Bank of Matamoras	PA	Security Bank and Trust Company
Jul 27, 1973	The Bank of West Point	MS	Cadence Bank
Jul 4, 1973	Wilbanks and Wilbanks	AL	Southern National Corporation
Jul 2, 1973	First National Bank in Bangor	PA	Summit Bank
Jul 2, 1973	The Bank of Berkeley	SC	Wachovia Bank of South Carolina, National Association
Jul 2, 1973	Pioneer Mutual Savings Bank	WA	Fidelity Mutual Savings Bank
Jul 1, 1973	Wappinger Savings Bank	NY	Mid-Hudson Savings Bank FSB
Jul 1, 1973	Alger Savings Bank	OH	The Huntington First National Bank of Kenton
Jul 1, 1973	Pioneer National Bank	UT	The First National Bank of Logan

Bank mergers by year

← 1972 · 1974 →

Year	Merger records
2026	360
2025	433
2024	314
2023	363
2022	432
2021	437
2020	437
2019	547
2018	643
2017	608
2016	655
2015	766

Source: Federal Reserve National Information Center (NIC) transformations, type "merger". A record counts when a bank, credit union or bank holding company is on at least one side. NIC also logs internal consolidations, such as a subsidiary bank folded into a sister bank, so a record is not always an arm's-length deal. Asset figures come from FFIEC call reports (banks) and NCUA 5300 call reports (credit unions). Credit union mergers appear in the NIC records from 2013 on.

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