RBC Bank
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| Subsidiary | |
| Fate | Acquisition by PNC Financial Services |
| Founded |
2 November 1990 Rocky Mount, North Carolina |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, North Carolina |
Area served | Southeastern United States |
| Parent | Royal Bank of Canada, PNC |
| Website | rbcbank.com |
RBC Bank, was the United States-based retail banking division of the Royal Bank of Canada. The headquarters for the bank were in Raleigh, North Carolina. Banking centers and automated teller machines were located throughout the Southeastern United States. The company's largest operations were in North Carolina and Alabama.
On June 19, 2011, PNC Financial Services agreed to buy RBC Bank USA from Royal Bank of Canada for $3.45 billion.[1] The sale of RBC Bank closed in March 2012.[2] Upon acquisition, all RBC Bank branches were rebranded as PNC branches and the RBC Bank brand became dormant for US customers. (RBC created a new unit with the same name, based in Georgia, to serve Canadian customers who wintered in the southern U.S.) The company would later return to the U.S. in 2015 with its acquisition of City National Bank in California.
History
On November 2, 1990, Peoples Bancorp and Planters Corp., of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, merged to form Centura Banks.[3] In June 2001, Royal Bank of Canada acquired Centura Banks and rebranded them as RBC Centura. RBC announced on January 17, 2008, that it would abandon the "Centura" brand in April 2008 and the unit would operate as RBC Bank.[4] Over 1000 employees continued to work in Rocky Mount as of 2011, in such areas as information technology and mortgage processing.[5]
On June 19, 2011, PNC Financial Services agreed to purchase RBC bank for $3.45 billion. The purchase price represented a $112 million discount to the book value of the unit. BB&T Bank also made a bid.[1]
RBC Insurance, RBC Wealth Management and RBC Investing are subsidiaries of RBC.[6]
Acquisitions
RBC Centura purchased Tucker Federal Bank parent company Eagle Bancshares in 2002, giving it a more substantial customer base in the Atlanta area after its 1998 purchase of Security First Network Bank which had only one office.[7] The bank merged with Flag Bank, increasing its presence in Georgia. RBC continued to grow in the Southeast after acquiring 39 branches of Birmingham, Alabama-based AmSouth Bank on March 9, 2007. Previously, RBC Centura had no locations in Alabama.
RBC's footprint in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida expanded significantly after its acquisition of Alabama National BanCorporation (ANB). RBC received U.S. approval February 5, 2008, and on April 14, 51 branches re-opened as RBC Bank. The remaining branches re-opened by June 2008. ANB operated in three states through eleven different subsidiaries.
RBC presence in Raleigh, NC
Construction of the RBC Plaza, now PNC Plaza, in 2008, was not the first major move by RBC to become a major part of the community in Raleigh, NC. In 2002, RBC purchased the naming rights for the Raleigh Entertainment & Sports Arena, home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and North Carolina State University basketball. The arena became the RBC Center, with a 20-year lease at a cost of $80 million. In June 2006, the RBC Center hosted the NHL's Stanley Cup Finals, and on June 19, 2006, the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the arena to win the Stanley Cup. The name changed to PNC Arena on March 15, 2012.
At the time PNC acquired RBC, it had a total of 5,000 employees with 500 located in the Raleigh area.[8]
Controversies
Dunmore Homes
In November 2007, RBC Centura was involved in the "Dunmore Homes" project in Sacramento, California that stopped all construction on August 8, 2007, due to liquidity issues with the home builder. The company was subsequently sold to a mortgage loan officer for $500 and quickly incorporated in New York. The company filed for bankruptcy in Manhattan. After details of the sale became known to RBC Centura Bank, a major Dunmore Homes creditor, the bank sued on November 7. The company alleged in a lawsuit filed in Fresno County that the sale of all the assets for a mere $500 wasn't adequate and was done to "hinder, delay and defraud the creditors," including RBC.
RBC financed four Dunmore projects from Bakersfield to Yuba City. It loaned Dunmore Homes a total of $105 million and, according to an affidavit by a Dunmore Homes official, is still owed $39 million. As collateral, it has secured claims against those projects. But the company says the value of a Fresno project is less than the outstanding loan balance. Nine major lenders, including RBC, are owed a combined total of $196 million on Dunmore Homes' 26 new-home communities, according to the builder.[9]
References
- 1 2 Bansal, Paritosh (19 June 2011). "Reuters: PNC to buy RBC unit for $3.45 billion". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ↑ Chappell, Johnny (5 March 2012). "PNC completes purchase of RBC, jobs picture unclear". News 14 Carolina. news14.com. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "Rocky Mount, N.C. Exhibit". PNC Bank. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ "RBC completes rebrand across southeast". Birmingham Business Journal. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ Ranii, David; Hagel, Jack (20 June 2011). "Deal expected to bring job losses to Raleigh". The News & Observer. Raleigh. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ↑ "RBC Insurance", RBC Insurance, 1996, retrieved 23 March 2016
- ↑ Jordan, Meredith (3 June 2002). "RBC Centura Aims High with Eagle Bancshares". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ Wolf, Alan M. (20 June 2011). "PNC confirms plan to buy RBC Bank for $3.45 billion". The News & Observer. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
- ↑ Shaw, Michael (30 November 2007). "Lender cries fraud over Dunmore Homes sale". Sacramento Business Journal. p. 2. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
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