Huntington Bancshares Incorporated history, profile and history video
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1866 as The Huntington National Bank by P. W. Huntington.
In 1966, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (HBI) was established as a bank holding company.
In 1973, Alger Savings Bank merged into an affiliate.
In 1976, The Huntington Mortgage Company was formed as a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated with The Pickerington Bank being merged into the bank.
In 1980, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Milford Center and the First National Bank of Burton were merged with Huntington Bancshares Incorporated.
In 1982, the bank merged with the Reeves Banking and Trust Company.
In 2007, the company acquired Sky Financial Group Inc.
In 2014, the company acquired Camco Financial, the holding company for Advantage Bank.
In 2021, TCF National Bank joined The Huntington National Bank.
The company operates through the following segments: Personal, Private Banking, Business, and Commercial.
Personal
The Personal segment involves banking services, loans, investments, insurance, and securities.
Private Banking
The Private Banking segment is comprised of banking services, lending, investments, financial & retirement planning, trusts & estates, retirement plan services, and insurance services.
Business
The Business segment consists of business checking accounts, savings & liquidities, credit cards, loans, treasury management, and insurance.
Commercial
The Commercial segment involves Treasury Management, Credit, Loans & Leasing, Capital Markets Insurance, and Investments.
With more than 25,000 employees and over 1,1100 branches, Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is considered one of the largest banks in the United States. According to Forbes, it is considered one of the Top 2000 Largest Public Companies in the World and one of the World’s Best Banks.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, and www.huntington.com.
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