Consolidations, mergers, and purchase and sale transactions approved by the State banking departments—Continued First Trust & Deposit Co., Syracuse. Northern New York Trust Co., Watertown. Hempstead Bank, Hempstead... Security Trust Co., Rochester.. State Bank of Albany, Albany- First Trust & Deposit Co., Syracuse. State Bank of Albany, Albany.. Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co., Buffalo. Northwestern Bank, North Wilkesboro.. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., Winston- Ohio: Central Trust Co., Cincinnati.... Peoples Savings Bank Co., Mount Gilead....... Oklahoma: First State Bank, Lone Wolf..... Pennsylvania: Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co., Philadelphia. The Peoples Trust Co., Wyomissing.... Fidelity Trust Co., Pittsburgh.. First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co., Dauphin Deposit Trust Co., Harrisburg..... Peoples Trust Co., Wyomissing.. Tennessee: First Peoples Bank, Johnson City.. Texas: Farmers State Bank, Clarendon............ Utah: First National Bank, Marcellus... Carthage National Exchange Bank, Carthage. Wheatley Hills National Bank, Westbury. Stewart National Bank, Livonia.. First National Bank, Weedsport. Schoharie County Bank, Schoharie..... Genesee Trust Co., Batavia. Yadkin Valley Bank, East Bend. Fidelity Bank, Durham..... Cleves National Bank, Cleves.. Farmers National Bank of Bucks First National Bank, Castle Shannon... Wayne Title & Trust Co., Wayne...... First National Bank, Jonesboro.... First National Bank, Clarendon....... Walker Bank & Trust Co., Salt Lake City.. Cache Valley Banking Co., Logan. Sandy City Bank, Sandy... Bank of Commerce & Trusts, Richmond. Bank of Dahlgren, Inc., Dahlgren................ Union Trust Co., Madison.. All commercial banks, 1950-56 Jan. 1, 1950: Less banks absorbed by merger during 1950_. Other banks discontinuing business during 1950_. Total__ Plus new banks chartered during 1950---. 14, 199 91 13 14, 095 69 Total number of commercial banks__. 13, 756 186 13 Total_. Plus new banks chartered during 1956_- 13, 557 123 Total commercial banks, Dec. 31, 1956‒‒‒‒‒ 13, 680 (The following supplementary data was supplied by the Comptroller of the Currency in response to the chairman's request.) National- and State-chartered banks consolidated, merged, or purchased by other National and State-chartered banks from Jan. 1, 1950, to June 30, 1957 |