Mergers by Year

Bank Mergers in 1979

219 banks were acquired or merged into another institution in 1979, according to the Federal Reserve's National Information Center (NIC). NIC recorded 246 merger records in 1979 against 189 in 1978.

219

Banks acquired

NIC, banks as the acquired side

Credit unions merged

NIC, credit unions as the acquired side

Holding companies

Bank holding companies merged

246

All merger records

1979 in US banking ›

Largest bank mergers of 1979

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, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Rockbridge	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/National	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington First National Bank of Medina County	OH	—	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Spotsylvania	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	California Pacific Bank	CA	—	Republic Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Peoples of Gretna	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Citizens of South Boston	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	NB Bank of Richmond	VA	—	Southern Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Spotswood	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Roanoke, N.A.	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/First National	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Ashland	OH	—	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Gloucester	VA	—	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Washington Court House	OH	—	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington National Bank of Bellefontaine	OH	—	The Huntington National Bank

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Every merger recorded in 1979

246 NIC merger records in 1979 involve a bank, credit union or bank holding company on at least one side, newest first.

Date	Acquired institution	State	Acquirer
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Chillicothe	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Wood County	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Citizens & Marine	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	(unnamed)	—	Heritage Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington First National Bank of Kenton	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	First National Bank of Fresno	CA	(unnamed)
Dec 31, 1979	Coastal State Bank	NJ	Midlantic National Bank/South
Dec 31, 1979	Valley Bank, National Association	CA	(unnamed)
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Seaboard National	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington First National Bank of Lima	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Williamsburg	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Charlottesville	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	NB Corporation	VA	Jefferson Bankshares, Inc.
Dec 31, 1979	First General Credit Inc	VA	First Virginia Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Spotswood	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Roanoke, N.A.	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Spotsylvania	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	NB Bank of Richmond	VA	Southern Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/First National	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank of Gloucester	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Washington Court House	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Peoples of Gretna	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Ashland	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	California Pacific Bank	CA	Republic Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/National	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Citizens of South Boston	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington First National Bank of Medina County	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/Rockbridge	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington National Bank of Bellefontaine	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Woodville	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	Tahoe National Bank	CA	(unnamed)
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington National Bank of Franklin	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Lagonda National Bank of Springfield	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Bank of Toledo	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington National Bank of London	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 31, 1979	United Virginia Bank/National Valley	VA	Crestar Bank
Dec 31, 1979	The Huntington Portage National Bank of Kent	OH	The Huntington National Bank
Dec 29, 1979	College Homes Inc	LA	First National Bank of Commerce
Dec 29, 1979	The Little Falls National Bank	NY	Oneida National Bank
Dec 29, 1979	First Management Consultants Inc	LA	First National Bank of Commerce
Dec 29, 1979	(unnamed)	—	First National Bank of Catawba County
Dec 29, 1979	First Commerce Financial Corporation	LA	First National Bank of Commerce
Dec 21, 1979	Tanglewood Investment Corp.	TX	Midlantic National Bank/North
Dec 21, 1979	Trails Investment Corp.	TX	Midlantic National Bank/North
Dec 17, 1979	The Firestone Bank of Wadsworth	OH	Firestone Bank
Dec 15, 1979	Springfield State Bank	SD	Wells Fargo Bank South Dakota, N.A.
Dec 8, 1979	Gavilan Bank	CA	First Interstate Bank of California
Dec 8, 1979	Mercantile National Bank of Chicago	IL	American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Dec 3, 1979	The Bank of Asheville	NC	Bank of America, N.A.
Dec 3, 1979	Lebanon County Trust Company	PA	CoreStates Hamilton Bank

Bank mergers by year

← 1978 · 1980 →

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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