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National City Corporation NYSE: NCC, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the ten largest banks in America in terms of deposits. The company operates through an extensive banking network primarily in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and soon to be Florida, and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. Its core businesses include commercial and retail banking, mortgage financing and servicing, consumer finance and asset management.
National City has been on an acquisition spree of late, including its $2.1 billion purchase of Cincinnati-based Provident Financial Group in 2004. In addition, in 2005, National City acquired Allegiant Bancorp to secure a presence in the St. Louis, MO market. In 2006 they acquired Fidelity Bankshares Inc. for an estimated $1 billion dollar deal that is half cash, half stock. Also acquiring Harbor Florida Bancshares Inc. through a $1.1 billion stock deal, both banks are located in Florida. Combined it gives National City 7.4 billion of assets in Florida. It also gives National City 92 branches in a market that is growing quicker than the midwest. On the other side of the ledger, National City sold to Bank of America its 83% stake in National Processing, which earns fees from processing merchant credit card transactions.
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