Mergers by Year

Bank Mergers in 1986

The Federal Reserve's National Information Center (NIC) recorded 983 merger records involving a bank, credit union or bank holding company in 1986. 404 had a bank as the acquired institution. Many acquired parties in this period are not classified as banks, credit unions or holding companies, so the bank count understates the year; the full list is below. NIC recorded 1,032 in 1985.

404

Banks acquired

1 bought by a credit union

Credit unions merged

NIC, credit unions as the acquired side

102

Holding companies

Bank holding companies merged

983

All merger records

1986 in US banking ›

Largest bank mergers of 1986

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, 1986	Farmers Bank & Trust Company	TN	—	Security Bank and Trust Company
Dec 31, 1986	Citizens B&TC	LA	—	Louisiana National Bank
Dec 31, 1986	Capital Bank and Trust	SC	—	Southern National Bank of South Carolina
Dec 31, 1986	The Colonial Bank of Alabama	AL	—	Colonial Bank
Dec 31, 1986	First Palmetto State Bank and Trust Company	SC	—	Southern National Bank of South Carolina
Dec 31, 1986	The Northern Trust Company of Arizona	AZ	—	Northern Trust Bank, National Association
Dec 31, 1986	First National Bank in Palm Beach	FL	—	Southeast Bank, N.A.
Dec 31, 1986	The Nashville State Bank	IN	—	Trustcorp Bank Columbus, National Association
Dec 31, 1986	The Colonial Bank of North Alabama	AL	—	Colonial Bank
Dec 31, 1986	The Bridgeville Trust Company	PA	—	PNC Bank, N.A.
Dec 31, 1986	Gresham State Bank	NE	—	York State Bank
Dec 31, 1986	Valley Bank of Coal Valley	IL	—	Blackhawk Bank & Trust
Dec 31, 1986	Atlantic National Bank of Miami	FL	—	First Union National Bank of Florida
Dec 31, 1986	First Midwest Bank/Braidwood	IL	—	First Midwest Bank/Joliet, National Association
Dec 31, 1986	Centerre Bank of St. Peters National Association	MO	—	Centerre Bank N.A.

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Every merger recorded in 1986

983 NIC merger records in 1986 involve a bank, credit union or bank holding company on at least one side, newest first.

Date	Acquired institution	State	Acquirer
Dec 29, 1986	First State Bank	WA	Puget Sound Bank
Dec 28, 1986	First National Bank of Macomb	IL	The Union National Bank of Macomb
Dec 24, 1986	Farmington Valley Savings and Loan Association	CT	The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, N.A.
Dec 23, 1986	Ameritrust Indiana Corporation	IN	Ameritrust Indiana Corporation
Dec 23, 1986	The Bank of Leland	MS	Union Planters Bank of Mississippi
Dec 23, 1986	St Louis Federal Savings and Loan Association	MO	Granite Bank, Federal Savings Bank
Dec 23, 1986	Southern National Bank of Broward County	FL	Florida National Bank
Dec 23, 1986	Barnett Bank of Southwest Florida, National Association	FL	Barnett Bank of Southwest Florida
Dec 23, 1986	NBG Financial Corporation	IN	Merchants National Corporation
Dec 22, 1986	The Citizens National Bank of Big Run	PA	Keystone National Bank
Dec 22, 1986	Southern Bank Holding Company	GA	Coastal Bankshares, Inc.
Dec 22, 1986	Missouri Pacific Credit Union	MO	St. Louis Community Credit Union
Dec 22, 1986	The Miners National Bank of Shenandoah	PA	Heritage National Bank
Dec 22, 1986	Sun Bank/Flagler County, National Association	FL	SunTrust Bank, East Central Florida
Dec 22, 1986	Southern Bank and Trust Company	GA	The Coastal Bank
Dec 22, 1986	Waukesha Motor Employees Credit Union	WI	Appletree Credit Union
Dec 20, 1986	Peoples State Bank	IN	First National Bank of Warsaw
Dec 20, 1986	Macon Capital Corporation	AL	Alabama National Bancorporation
Dec 20, 1986	Seaway National Bank	NY	Fleet Bank
Dec 20, 1986	Timber Community Bank	OR	First Interstate Bank of Oregon, National Association
Dec 20, 1986	Federated Bank of Chebanse	IL	Federated Bank
Dec 18, 1986	Post Times Empl Fcu	FL	Gold Coast Federal Credit Union
Dec 17, 1986	Angola State Bancorp	IN	Norwest Indiana, Inc.
Dec 17, 1986	Vitro Federal Credit Union	MD	Signal Financial Federal Credit Union
Dec 16, 1986	Bank of Meigs	GA	Cairo Banking Company
Dec 15, 1986	Mount Hood Security Bank	OR	Rainier Bank Oregon, National Association
Dec 15, 1986	Forsyth Bancshares, Inc.	GA	Wachovia Corporation of Georgia
Dec 15, 1986	Mercantile Bank of Marble Hill	MO	Mercantile Bank Stoddard/Bollinger Counties
Dec 15, 1986	The Island Bank	FL	First Union National Bank of Florida
Dec 15, 1986	The Hartley National Bank of Bedford	PA	Mid-State Bank and Trust Company
Dec 15, 1986	Iron Savings & Loan Association	MI	D&N Bank
Dec 15, 1986	Reynolds County Savings Bank	MO	Town & Country Bank
Dec 15, 1986	The Citizens Bank	OH	The Wayne County National Bank of Wooster
Dec 15, 1986	Forsyth County Bank	GA	Wachovia Bank of Georgia, National Association
Dec 15, 1986	South Metro Area Credit Union	CO	Columbine Federal Credit Union
Dec 13, 1986	First Citizens Bank of Alabama	AL	Regions Bank
Dec 13, 1986	First Laporte Financial Corp.	IN	First of America Bank Corporation - Indiana
Dec 13, 1986	Kemco Credit Union	MI	T L C Community Credit Union
Dec 13, 1986	Prince Georges Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union	MD	Fedchoice Federal Credit Union
Dec 13, 1986	The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama	AL	The Colonial Bank of East-Central Alabama
Dec 12, 1986	Hudson State Bank	IA	Mercantile Bank of Eastern Iowa
Dec 12, 1986	Northland Credit Union	WI	Summit Credit Union
Dec 11, 1986	Gateway National Bank	CT	Gateway Bank
Dec 10, 1986	Sanborns Federal Credit Union	ME	Truchoice Federal Credit Union
Dec 10, 1986	Arkansas State Bankcorporation, Inc.	AR	Arkansas State Bankshares, Inc.
Dec 9, 1986	Northwest Suburban Bancorp, Inc.	IL	FNW Bancorp, Inc.
Dec 8, 1986	First Federal Savings Bank	CT	People's United Bank, National Association
Dec 8, 1986	Tappan Springfield Empl Cu	TN	The Credit Union for Robertson County
Dec 8, 1986	CPD Greenville Federal Credit Union	SC	Spero Financial Federal Credit Union
Dec 8, 1986	The First National Bank of Gurdon	AR	(unnamed)

Bank mergers by year

← 1985 · 1987 →

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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