First Charter Bank became part of what regional bank, headquartered in Cincinnati?
First Charter Bank First Charter Bank (NASDAQ: FCTR), a subsidiary of First Charter Corporation, was a bank headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. From its 1888 founding as Concord National Bank until its 2001 move to Charlotte, the bank was headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. The bank became part of Fifth Third Bank in 2008.
Bank of Canton Bank of Canton () was established in 1912 in Canton but registered as a British company in Hong Kong. This made it the first Chinese-owned bank in Hong Kong. At the time, all the other banks in Hong Kong were foreign, primarily British, including the locally incorporated but British-run Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Security Pacific National Bank (SPNB) bought a majority share in Bank of Canton in 1971. In 1988, Security Pacific succeeded in wholly acquiriing Bank of Canton, which became Security Pacific Asia Bank. When Bank of America acquired Security Pacific Corporation in 1993 it changed Security Pacific Asia Bank’s name to Bank of America (Asia). China Construction Bank acquired Bank of America (Asia) in 2006.