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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. First Citizens Bank was founded in North Carolina in 1898 as the Bank of Smithfield.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

In 1979, George Gleason, a 25-year-old attorney, purchased controlling interest and assumed active management of the bank as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Collectively, the management team built an Arkansas franchise rivaling the largest banks in the state. The company moved its headquarters to Little Rock in 1995.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. Bank Notes: An Inside Look at the Launching of North Carolina's Banking Ascendancy and a Commentary on the Current New World of Banking 2016 J. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Bovenzi Bovenzi, John F.

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