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Bank Name Changes Archive

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Tennessee bank consolidates under ‘Foundation’ name

McKenzie Banking Company has announced it will adopt the name of its sister organization, ‘Foundation Bank,’ sometime in January 2008. Apparently, McKenzie and Foundation have  
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South African bank picks risque new name by American standards

“Grindrod.” It picked the name back in 2006 (reference here). Apparently, the words “grind” and “rod” don’t mean the same thing in South Africa as  
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Two banks in India rebrand, one renames

Canara Bank in India rebrands with a new logo. I don’t speak Hindi, but this looks good: According to one blogger musing about banks in  
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Boone National becomes ‘Forcht Bank’

The name change is a result of the merger of all 10 banking subsidiaries of Boone’s parent company into one bank. The parent recently changed  
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Great River Financial Group becomes ‘Two Rivers Financial’

From the company’s news section: “The group wanted their new name to reflect the fact that they are an Iowa company with Midwestern values. Two  
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Two Fewer ‘First Federal’ Banks

Two banks sharing the same name have both decided to shed their old ‘First Federal’ monikers. One is in Souix City, Iowa, and the other  
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Minnesota bank becomes ‘Prosperan’

From the bank’s website: “Prosperan is a form of the word ‘prosper.’ It means to be successful or fortunate, especially in financial respects, to thrive  
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Two banks merge, change names to ‘Avidia’

Two banks merge, change names to ‘Avidia’

Two New Jersey banks merge assets over $1 billion and become ‘Avidia.’ The bank says the name is a combination of the words “avid” and  
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‘1st Trust Bank for Savings’ changing name to ‘Magna Bank’

1st Trust is spending more than $1 million on all aspects of the name change, including creative and legal costs as well as new signage,  
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